Abstract

FONT DIFOUR, Milagros Violeta et al. Characterization of diabetic patients type 2 with vascular complications and atherosclerosis risk. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.12, pp. 1686-1692. ISSN 1029-3019.

An observational, descriptive and prospective study was carried out to characterize 200 diabetic patients type 2, diagnosed with vascular complications and atherosclerosis risk, who were admitted in the Internal Medicine Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba from June, 2010 to the same month of 2011. Among the most frequent complications there were: cardiovascular (29.5%), neuropathy (21.5%) and retinopathy (19.5%). The affected patients with 3 complications prevailed (40.5%), those who had a clinical course of 11-15 years (38.0%); besides the hyperlipidemia (35.0%), hypertension (32.0%) and tabaquism (26.5%) as risk factors. It is concluded that with a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment and control of this disease, it is possible to improve the prognosis of the affected patients

Keywords : diabetes mellitus type 2; vascular complication; risk factor; atherosclerosis; secondary health care.

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