Prevalencia de diabetes mellitus tipo II en pacientes con cirrosis hepática : consulta externa Hospital General Guasmo Sur marzo 2019 - febrero 2020.

Abstract

It is known about the close relationships between chronic liver disease and carbohydrate metabolism disorders due to the liver's role in carbohydrate homeostasis. In patients with cirrhosis, glucose metabolism disorders range from glucose intolerance to overt diabetes. In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, patients with Cirrhosis were studied at the General Hospital “Guasmo Sur” during a year, with the objective of knowing the frequency of Diabetes Mellitus in this population and its influence on its severity. Through a collection instrument, a database in Excel was developed and subsequently analyzed in SPSS 20.0, obtaining the following results: Female gender (49.6%), Male gender (50.4%); Average age 54.88 years. The 70.18% of the sample presented Diabetes Mellitus as comorbidity. The most frequent etiology associated with Cirrhosis was non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, representing 25% followed by alcoholic and chronic viral hepatitis, both representing 18% of patients. In relation to the severity of cirrhosis, 32% of the patients correspond to Child Pugh A, 30.7% Child Pugh B and 37% Child Pugh C. As demonstrated in observational and cohort studies conducted in several populations of the world, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is higher among patients suffering from cirrhosis compared to the general population; and similar findings were found in this research paper.