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cord-321440-sts3re6p	Klein, Sebastian J.	Unrecognized diabetes in critically ill COVID-19 patients	2020-07-09		.txt	text/plain	902	62	53	We retrospectively analyzed the incidence of diabetes in all critically ill patients admitted to the four dedicated COVID-19 intensive care units (ICU) at the University Hospital in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, which covers 180,000 inhabitants as primary hospital and also functions as a tertiary referral center for the whole region of Tyrol. Of 47 COVID-19 patients admitted to our ICUs, HbA1c was measured in 44, which were included in the analysis ( Table 1 ). Recent data demonstrating viral particles in endothelial cells of several organs suggest "endotheliitis" as a possible mechanism of organ dysfunction leading to critical illness in COVID-19 patients which may be aggravated by endothelial Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 *If specified in the patients' health records dysfunction associated with prediabetes and diabetes [6] .	./cache/cord-321440-sts3re6p.txt	./txt/cord-321440-sts3re6p.txt