Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

A STUDY ON CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS OF HYPERGLYCEMIC EMERGENCIES

Dr. S. Sopnajothi, Dr. Sooriyakumar, Prof. Dr. S. Vadivelmurugan, Prof. Dr. T. Ravikumar, Prof. Dr. Purusothaman

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">BACKGROUND</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder &nbsp;,In our study &nbsp;we are going to see the clinical profile of patients of hyperglycemic emergencies .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">OBJECTIVES <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">To study about the clinical profile patients of hyperglycemic emergencies&nbsp;&nbsp; and &nbsp;the precipitating factors and the disease load on community / in rural part of southern part of tamilnadu.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">STUDY DESIGN <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">100 patients of HEs&nbsp; admitted in IMCU of Gov Theni medical college &nbsp;during the period of september 2016&nbsp; to december 2016&nbsp; &nbsp;. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">RESULTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">41% of patients had associated SHT , 23% had &nbsp;CAD and 32 % had &nbsp;CKD. 74 patients had DKA and 26 % had HHS . The &nbsp;common precipitating factor seems to be drug withdrawl,foot infections,UTI , pneumonia , myocardial infection&nbsp; , sepsis etc<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">CONCLUSION<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.25pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">Mortality were increased in elderly patients and with &nbsp;more and severe co morbid factors .<o:p></o:p></span></p>