Comportamiento de las crisis hiperglicemica en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital General de Quevedo del IESS período enero - diciembre 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: Hyperglicemic crisis are the most common complications that a patient with Diabetes Mellitus can develop during his life. It occurs because of an abnormality in the glucosa regulation capacity of the human body, associated with any type of Diabetes and its complications, causing a huge increase in blood sugar levels. The two most common complications in this group are Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar coma. Materials and Methods: It consists in a no experimental investigation, with a descriptive analysis of results, in which a database formed by 100 patients was used, provided by IESS Hospital of Quevedo city, with patients attended during January and December of 2017. Results: A prevalence of 69% of cases belonged to ketoacidosis, while the remaining 31% were from Hyperosmolar coma. The most frequent cases in terms of sex were male, with a 71%, and in age, the group of older than 50 years had 58% of the amount of cases that belonged to this study. Alterations in conscience levels were the most common symptoms in this patients, with a 74% of cases. (p<0,001) Conclusions: Male sex patients have more risk of developing hyperglicemic complications in Diabetes, specially when their age is superior to 50 years. The type of crisis most common is ketoacidosis, while the most common symptom in this patients is alteration in conscience levels.