Urgent care of the diabetic patient in the province of Valladolid

To know the cause of admissions of diabetic patients at an emergency room in eastern Valladolid in a year. It is a retrospective and transversal study that analysed a number of the admission of diabetic patients at an emergency room because of a direct complication of diabetes mellitus or another di...

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Published inAnales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984) Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 7 - 11
Main Authors Hinojosa Mena-Bernal, M C, González Sarmiento, E, Hinojosa Mena-Bernal, J, Zurro Hernández, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.01.2004
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Glucose - analysis
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus - metabolism
Diagnosis-Related Groups
Emergencies
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
Female
Hospitals, University - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Hyperglycemia - epidemiology
Hyperglycemia - etiology
Hypoglycemia - epidemiology
Hypoglycemia - etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Spain - epidemiology
Spain
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Summary:To know the cause of admissions of diabetic patients at an emergency room in eastern Valladolid in a year. It is a retrospective and transversal study that analysed a number of the admission of diabetic patients at an emergency room because of a direct complication of diabetes mellitus or another different cause. We used t and chi 2 as statistic tests, considering 0.05 as significance. Up to 2,433 (2.4%) were diabetes mellitus emergencies. 17.1% because of a direct complication, most of them metabolic complications (24.6% hyperglycaemia). We emphasize the high prevalence of direct complications as emergency admissions in our hospital.
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ISSN:0212-7199