Abstract

HINOJOSA MENA-BERNAL, M.C.; GONZALEZ SARMIENTO, E.; HINOJOSA MENA-BERNAL, J.  and  ZURRO HERNANDEZ, J.. Diabetic emergencies at east area of Valladolid. An. Med. Interna (Madrid) [online]. 2004, vol.21, n.1, pp.7-11. ISSN 0212-7199.

Objective: To know the cause of admissions of diabetic patients at emergencies room at east area of Valladolid in a year. Methods: It is a retrospective and trasversal study that analysed a number of the admission of diabetic patients at emergencies room because a direct complication diabetes mellitus or another different cause. We used t and χ² as statistic tests, considering 0.05 as significance. Results: Up to 2,433 (2.4%) were diabetes mellitus emergencies. 17.1% because a direct complication, most of them methabolic complications (24.6% hyperglycaemia). Conclusion: We emphasize the high prevalence of direct complications as emergencies admissions in our hospital.

Keywords : Diabetes; Emergencies.

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