Profile of diabetic ketoacidosis at a teaching hospital in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Abstract

This study describes the profile of 100 cases of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at a teaching hospital in 1 Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. DKA was more frequent in young women with type 1 diabetes and mostly due to preventable causes, e.g., disrupted insulin treatment and/or infection. DKA also occurred in type 2 diabetics, with a higher mortality rate, as they were older patients with co-morbidity. Polyurea, fatigue, abdominal pain and vomiting were the most common clinical features, while coma was rarer. A high number of cases were first presentations of type 1 diabetes; hence this diagnosis should be considered in all patients with acute abdomen or decreased level of consciousness. The reasons for high mortality rate in this study (10%) were multifactorial.

• Authors: R R Elmehdawi, H M Elmagerhei
• Journal: Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (East Mediterr Health J) Vol. 16 Issue 3 Pg. 292-9 (Mar 2010) ISSN: 1020-3397 [Print] Egypt
• PMID: 20795443 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Aged
• Causality
• Comorbidity
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 (complications)
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (complications)
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology, prevention & control)
• Female
• Hospital Mortality
• Hospitalization (statistics & numerical data)
• Hospitals, Teaching (statistics & numerical data)
• Humans
• Infections (complications)
• Libya (epidemiology)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Retrospective Studies
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sex Distribution