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Impact of diabetes mellitus and co-morbidities on mortality in patients with COVID-19

A single-center retrospective study

Anees A. Sindi, Wail A. Tashkandi, Mohammed W. Jastaniah, Mohammed A. Bashanfar, Ahmed F. Fakhri, Fahad S. Alsallum, Hamdan B. Alguydi, Alyaa Elhazmi, Talal A. Al-Khatib, Maha M. Alawi and Ibrahim Abushoshah
Saudi Medical Journal January 2023, 44 (1) 67-73; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.1.20220462
Anees A. Sindi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Wail A. Tashkandi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed W. Jastaniah
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical Intern
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Mohammed A. Bashanfar
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical Intern
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Ahmed F. Fakhri
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical Intern
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Fahad S. Alsallum
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hamdan B. Alguydi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alyaa Elhazmi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Talal A. Al-Khatib
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Maha M. Alawi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim Abushoshah
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 44 no. 1 67-73
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.1.20220462
PubMed 
36634951

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 14, 2022
  • Accepted December 9, 2022
  • Published online January 12, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

Author Information

  1. Anees A. Sindi, FACP, FRCPC⇑,
  2. Wail A. Tashkandi, FABS, FCCMC,
  3. Mohammed W. Jastaniah, Medical Intern,
  4. Mohammed A. Bashanfar, Medical Intern,
  5. Ahmed F. Fakhri, Medical Intern,
  6. Fahad S. Alsallum, Medical Intern,
  7. Hamdan B. Alguydi, Medical Intern,
  8. Alyaa Elhazmi, MD,
  9. Talal A. Al-Khatib, MHPEd, FRCSC,
  10. Maha M. Alawi, FRCPC, CIC and
  11. Ibrahim Abushoshah, MBBS
  1. From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Sindi, Abushoshah), from the Department of Surgery (Tashkandi), from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery (Al-Khatib), from the Unit of Infection Control & Environmental Health (Alawi), Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology (Alawi), Faculty of Medicine (Jastaniah, Bashanfar, Fakhri, Alguydi, Alsallum), King Abdulaziz University and King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from the College of Medicine (Elhazmi), Alfaisal University, and from the Research Center (Elhazmi), Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Anees A. Sindi, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: asindi2{at}kau.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5854-6298
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