Valoración de enfermería en pacientes diabéticos con afección tegumentaria en un Hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil mayo 2021- abril 2022.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is known as the pancreatic failure to produce enough sugar in the patient, causing failure in the circulatory system, that is, any type of alteration in the integumentary system begins to appear in these patients, therefore; Objective: To assess diabetic patients with integumentary disease in a hospital in the City of Guayaquil, during the period May 2021 to April 2022; Design: descriptive/cross-sectional; Population: 240 patients; Instrument: data collection matrix; Technique: Direct observation; Results: Within the sociodemographic characteristics of the patients under study, the predominant age group was 53 to 59 years, Afro-descendant ethnicity, of rural origin and APP of diabetes and arterial hypertension. Clinical manifestations of cuts, change in integumentary color and presence of calluses, accompanied by the presence or formation of ulcers; Regarding the Fedpalla scale, in grade 3 (bad epithelialization), in the Wagner scale, more than half of the population was classified in grade 2 and 3 (skin penetration); thus, in the nursing diagnoses, it was the risk of unstable blood glucose level and non-compliance with diabetes treatment and impaired tissue integrity / skin integrity + the risk of infection; Conclusions: the population diagnosed with diabetes mellitus presents integumentary consequences, due to the ineffective self-care of the patient himself, which originates the cuts, noncompliance with treatment and limited knowledge about the family pathological history are defining factors to be able to suffer from diabetes.