%0 Journal Article %T Diabetes Mellitus and COVID-19 at Abass Ndao Hospital Epidemic Treatment Center (ETC) %A Diallo Ibrahima Mané %A Diédhiou Demba %A Ndour Michel Assane %A Sow Djiby %A Diallo Adja Tacko Mané %A Dieng Mouhamed %A Gadji Fatou Kiné %A Thioye El Hadji Mamadou Moussa %A Bassène Joseph %A Ndiaye Ndeye Fama Mody %A Sarr Anna %A Ndour Mbaye Maimouna %J Open Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases %P 91-102 %@ 2165-7432 %D 2022 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojemd.2022.124007 %X Introduction: SARS-COV2 infection is a major public health problem and diabetes mellitus is a serious factor. The objective was to determine the characteristics of COVID-19 in diabetics at the Epidemic Treatment Center (ETC) of the Abass Ndao Hospital Center. Observation: This was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study carried out at Abass Ndao Hospital from March 01, 2021 to September 31, 2021. We evaluated the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics. Results: Among 333 patients infected with COVID-19, 203 were diabetic (60.96%). The sex ratio was 0.70 and the mean age 60.18 years. Diabetes was type 2 (84.2%) and inaugural (15.8%). Arterial hypertension was the main comorbidity (86.96% of cases). The RT-PCR test was positive in 86.21% of cases. The main clinical signs were: asthenia (90.14%), dyspnea (78.81%), cough (52.21%) and body aches (52.21%). Oxygen saturation was <90% in 31.03% of cases. Diabetes was poorly balanced in 71.43% with an average blood sugar of 2.02 ± 4 g/l. At the paraclinical, the D dimer was ≥1000 ng/l (71.52%) and the C-reactive protein ≥100 mg/l (32.01%). Chest CT scan found mild to moderate (55.17%), severe (21.67%) and critical (17.24%) lung lesions. Pulmonary embolism was found in 4 diabetics. The treatment of diabetes was represented by insulin therapy (85.82%) and oral antidiabetics (24.11%). Anti-COVID-19 treatment was dominated by azithromycin (89.11%), corticosteroid therapy (92.11%), anticoagulants (99%), hydroxychloroquine (21.29%). Mortality was found in 14.36% (n = 29) and significantly correlated with age ≥ 60 years (OR = 3.013 [1.266 - 7.173], P = 0.005), short duration of hospitalization (OR = 3.154 [1.149 -