Analysis of hospitalizations at the internal medicine unit, impact of diabetes mellitus

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  • Pablo Ferrada Mendoza Central Hospital, Mendoza, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v51i1.61

Keywords:

inpatients, hospital stay, mortality

Abstract

Introduction: one in four patients admitted to a hospital has a previous diagnosis of diabetes (DM), with hospital readmissions being frequent in the same year. The hospitalization can be related to a complication of the DM or more commonly with another pathology.

Objectives: to determine in patients hospitalized in the Medical Clinic Service (CM) of the Hospital General de Agudos of the third level of complexity of Mendoza: prevalence of DM, causes of hospitalization, hospital stay, previous hospitalizations and re-admissions, mortality, and a comparison between patients with or without DM (DM, non-DM respectively).

Author Biography

Pablo Ferrada, Mendoza Central Hospital, Mendoza, Argentina

Endocrine Metabolic Diseases Service

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Published

2023-01-10

How to Cite

Ferrada, P. (2023). Analysis of hospitalizations at the internal medicine unit, impact of diabetes mellitus. Journal of the Argentine Society of Diabetes, 51(1 (2017), 25–26. https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v51i1.61

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 1 (2017): Enero-Abril de 2017

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Conferences and congresses

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