ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused enormous damage to all countries of the world. Patients with diabetes mellitus are a separate risk group for the consequences of COVID-19, both in the acute and in the long-term period.AIM. To study change in the structure of mortality among patients with diabetes in the Republic of Uzbekistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.MATERIALS AND METHODS. We analyzed the data of the report forms of endocrinological dispensaries for reasons of deaths registered among patients with 2 diabetes mellitus in 2020 and compared these indicators with the data of 2019.RESULTS. In 2020, mortality among patients with diabetes increased 1.5 times compared to 2019 and was 4.3% (compared to 2.8% in 2019). Among the causes of deaths, cardiovascular accidents prevailed: 57,9% in 2020 (48,0% in 2019), cerebro-vascular accidents (15,6% in 2020 and 24,2% in 2019), chronic kidney disease (12,0% and 15,1%), gangrene, sepsis (1,2% and 1,8%), the frequency of hyper-and hypoglycemic comas as causes of death was 0.6% both in 2019 and in 2020, however, the absolute number increased in 2020. Among the 'other >> causes of death (12.8% in 2020 and 10,2% in 2019), COVID-19 itself was 52,3%, pneumonia 17,2%, pulmonary embolism 1%, oncological diseases 12%, liver cirrhosis 12%.CONCLUSIONS. Despite the fact that COVID-19 caused deaths in 6.7% of patients with diabetes, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant increase in mortality - 1.5 times - among patients with diabetes, mainly due to acute cardiovascular accidents, stroke, as well as accelerating the progression of chronic complications of diabetes, in particular chronic kidney disease.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused enormous damage to all countries of the world. Patients with diabetes mellitus are a separate risk group for the consequences of COVID-19, both in the acute and in the long-term period. AIM. To study change in the structure of mortality among patients with diabetes in the Republic of Uzbekistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS. We analyzed the data of the report forms of endocrinological dispensaries for reasons of deaths registered among patients with 2 diabetes mellitus in 2020 and compared these indicators with the data of 2019. RESULTS. In 2020, mortality among patients with diabetes increased 1.5 times compared to 2019 and was 4.3% (compared to 2.8% in 2019). Among the causes of deaths, cardiovascular accidents prevailed: 57,9% in 2020 (48,0% in 2019), cerebrovascular accidents (15,6% in 2020 and 24,2% in 2019), chronic kidney disease (12,0% and 15,1%), gangrene, sepsis (1,2% and 1,8%), the frequency of hyper- and hypoglycemic comas as causes of death was 0.6% both in 2019 and in 2020, however, the absolute number increased in 2020. Among the <<other>> causes of death (12.8% in 2020 and 10,2% in 2019), COVID-19 itself was 52,3%, pneumonia 17,2%, pulmonary embolism 1%, oncological diseases 12%, liver cirrhosis 12%. CONCLUSIONS. Despite the fact that COVID-19 caused deaths in 6.7% of patients with diabetes, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant increase in mortality - 1.5 times - among patients with diabetes, mainly due to acute cardiovascular accidents, stroke, as well as accelerating the progression of chronic complications of diabetes, in particular chronic kidney disease. Copyright © 2022 Russian Association of Endocrinologists. All rights reserved.