The mechanisms of hyperglycemia and its management in new coronavirus infection

Abstract

Hyperglycemia has become an urgent problem in new coronavirus infection as it is a predictor of a severe course and poor outcomes in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. This article describes possible mechanisms of hyperglycemia development in new coronavirus infection COVID-19 taking into account peculiarities of pathogenesis and course of the disease, reproduction of SARS-CoV-2, and the ways for hyperglycemia correction by administering different insulin therapy regimens based on the review of national and foreign literature.