[Urgent care of the diabetic patient in the province of Valladolid].
OBJECTIVE
To know the cause of admissions of diabetic patients at an emergency room in eastern Valladolid in a year.


METHODS
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.


RESULTS
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).


CONCLUSIONS
We emphasize the high prevalence of direct complications as emergency admissions in our hospital.
Hinojosa Mena-Bernal
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Departamentos de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid. hinojosac@teleline.es
González Sarmiento
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Hinojosa Mena-Bernal
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Zurro Hernández
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D001786:Blood Glucose