Profile of diabetic ketoacidosis at a teaching hospital in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2010; 16 (3): 292-299
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ABSTRACT
This study described the profile of 100 cases of diabetic ketoacidosis [DKA] at a teaching hospital in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. DKA was more frequent in young women with type 1 diabetes and mostly due to preventable causes, e.g. disrupted insulin treatment and/or infection. DKA also occurred in type 2 diabetics, with a higher mortality rate, as they were older patients with co-morbidity. Polyurea, fatigue, abdominal pain and vomiting were the most common clinical features, while coma was rarer. A high number of cases were first presentations of type 1 diabetes; hence this diagnosis should be considered in all patients with acute abdomen or decreased level of consciousness. The reasons for high mortality rate in this study [10%] were multifactorial
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Assunto principal:
Comorbidade
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Estudos Transversais
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Cetoacidose Diabética
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Distribuição por Sexo
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Complicações do Diabetes
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1
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Hospitais de Ensino
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Tempo de Internação
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
Limite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Ano de publicação:
2010
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