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cord-310539-8zk3hkgj	Barengolts, Elena	PERSEVERE OR PERIL: DIABETES CARE IN TIMES OF COVID-19	2020-08-08		.txt	text/plain	1934	90	47	The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) places diabetes in a category of high risk for COVID-19: "Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness (3) ." A study by Wang et al (5) provided a retrospective analysis of the clinical course for 28 consecutive patients with diabetes, admitted for confirmed COVID-19 to the hospital in Wuhan, China. In a small series of cases (5), HbA1c was similar in ICU and non-ICU patients, suggesting that diabetes control prior to infection did not influence the severity of the COVID-19 course. The antiviral combination of lopinavir/ritonavir (both protease inhibitors) previously shown to be effective for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and not for COVID-19 is evaluated in multi-ple studies (7) . Risk factors associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome and death in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia in Wuhan, China	./cache/cord-310539-8zk3hkgj.txt	./txt/cord-310539-8zk3hkgj.txt