Prevalencia de pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en tratamiento con hipoglucemiantes orales o insulina y la presencia de patologías tiroideas en el Hospital General Isidro Ayora Loja 2010 - 2015

Abstract

Abstract: International Diabetes Federation data estimates that 1 of 11 adults have Diabetes, 87% to 91% of which have Type 2 Diabetes. The aim of this project was to determinate the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus treated with oral hypoglycemic agents, insulin or those that use combinations and that have developed thyroid pathologies in Loja’s Isidro Ayora General Hospital during the years 2010 to 2015. The present quantitative, descriptive and transversal study included every patient diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus according to the American Diabetes Association criteria in their 2016 guidelines and that are being treated with oral hypoglycemic agents, insulin or that use combinations of the above in Loja’s Isidro Ayora General Hospital during the years 2010 to 2015. In the group of patients whom received only oral hypoglycemic agents 35, 09% developed thyroid pathologies, while the prevalence in the group of combinations and insulin was 31, 70% and 12, 22% respectively.