Principales complicaciones de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 en pacientes con diabetes mellitus

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Abstract: Introduction: A significant incidence of COVID-19 has been observed in patients withdiabetes mellitus, those who show greater susceptibility to complications, with increased morbidity and mortality. Objective: to define the main complications of SARS-COV-2 existing in patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Methodology: a literature review was conducted in articles published in biomedical journals until July 2021. The databases were reviewed SciELO y PubMed, Google Scholar, Redalyc, Scopus, y Dialnet. Search terms included mellitusdiabetes, coronavirus infection, COVID-19, complications, SARS-CoV-2, severity, and its translation into Spanish diabetes mellitus, infection for coronavirus, COVID-19, complications, SARS-CoV-2, Severide. Conclusions: The main complications of SARS-COV-2 infection in patients with diabetes are acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), cardiovascular, thromboembolic, inflammatory complications and overadded bacterial infections of respiratory type or bacteremia that generate an inadequate quality of life, with poor glucose control, need for mechanical ventilation and new treatments for glycemic control.