Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Episodes of poorly controlled diabetes (DM) are one of the most frequent medical complications during hospitalization in the elderly population.Goals: To analyze the mortality rate (M) in patients with DM who undergo some medical decompensation during an admission to Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (OST).Material and methods: Descriptive analysis of patients admitted to OST who suffered some type of medical decomp...

Introduction: Episodes of poorly controlled diabetes (DM) are one of the most frequent medical complications during hospitalization in the elderly population.Goals: To analyze the mortality rate (M) in patients with DM who undergo some medical decompensation during admission to Vascular Surgery and Angiology (VS).Material and methods: Descriptive analysis of patients admitted to VS who suffered some type of medical decompensation t...

Objectives: To analyze the most frequent consultations on patients admitted to Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (OST) unit asked to medical physicians.Material and methods: Descriptive analysis of consultations on patients admitted to OST who suffered any medical decompensation that needed to be notified.Results: From June 2008 to November 2014, 1486 consultations were sent from OST to a medical team (Internal Medicine+Cardiolog...

Introduction: Consultations are a common practice among different units of a hospital. In particular, those from the Vascular Surgery Service (VS) to the medical units are some of the most frequent.Objectives: Analyze the total number of consultations performed from the Vascular Surgery Service (VS) service to a medical team (T) specifically assigned to the control of decompensated medical conditions in surgical areas, in relation to the number of total ...

Objectives: To analyze the most frequent consultations on patients admitted to VS sent to a medical team (T).Material and methods: Descriptive analysis of consultations on patients admitted to the VS who suffered any medical decompensation that needed to be notified to Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology or Pneumology.Results: From February 2011 to November 2014, 173 consultations were sent from the VS Service ...

Introduction: Episodes of poorly controlled diabetes (DM) are one of the most frequent medical complications during hospitalization in the elderly population.Objectives: To analyze the prevalence of episodes of diabetic decompensation in patients admitted in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (OST) area.Material and methods: Descriptive analysis of patients admitted to OST Service who presented abnormally high or decreased blood g...

Introduction: Episodes of poorly controlled diabetes (DM) are one of the most frequent medical complications during hospitalization in the elderly population.Objetives: To analyze the prevalence of episodes of diabetic decompensation in patients admitted to the area of Vascular Surgery and Angiology (VS).Material and methods: Descriptive analysis of patients admitted to the VS Service who presented abnormally high or decreased bloo...