| Precipitating factors of diabetic ketoacidosis at a public hospital in a middle-income country. | |
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PMID: 22153415 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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AIMS: To study precipitating factors of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at a public hospital in a middle-income country. METHODS: Eighty patients with type 1 diabetes who had an emergency hospitalization for DKA between January 2005 and March 2010 at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Southern Brazil were studied. Data were collected by reviewing medical records and telephone calls. Treatment non-adherence was defined as the precipitating factor if there was diet abuse or insulin therapy noncompliance without identifiable infection. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 26±13 years. The majority (91.5%) of the patients had unsatisfactory metabolic control before the hospitalization. The most common DKA precipitating factor was treatment non-adherence: 39% of cases when all patients were evaluated and 49% when only patients with previous type 1 diabetes diagnosis were analyzed. Comparison between patients with DKA precipitated by treatment non-adherence and by other causes showed that the former group had more episodes of previous DKA and more frequently reported insulin omission previous to DKA. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment noncompliance is the leading precipitating factor of DKA in Southern Brazil. Further efforts to reduce the occurrence of DKA should focus on patients with prior reports and evidence of treatment non-adherence. |
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Letícia S Weinert; Rafael S Scheffel; Mateus D Severo; Alex P Cioffi; Gabriela H Teló; Artur Boschi; Beatriz D Schaan |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-5 |
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Title: Diabetes research and clinical practice Volume: - ISSN: 1872-8227 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8508335 Medline TA: Diabetes Res Clin Pract Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Postgraduate Program - Endocrinology - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. |
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