2008, Number 2
Evaluación de hemoglobina glicosilada en pacientes diabéticos del Centro de Salud de Teocelo Veracruz
Ramos DAL, Rojas ZG, Solís PF
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION. Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease which is characterized by a combination of alterations in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and proteins. Atier sometime there appear vascular (macro and micro) and neurological lesions which fi nally result in late complications and eventually the death. There are known few varieties of Diabetes Mellitus each one with its own specifi c clinical characteristics and distinct physiopathogenesis; Diabetes Mellitus type I, Diabetes Mellitus type II, Gestationaldiabetes, Secondary diabetes (glucose intolerance).1 The diagnosis is based primarily on an adequate interpretation of one or group tittering of blood glucose after overnight fasting and postprandial. OBJECTIVES Evaluation of the eff ectiveness of treatment in 73 diabetic patients through the glycosilated haemoglobin test (HbA1c) and compare the values of glycosilated haemoglobin vs. plasma glucose. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The current investigation took place in the community hospital of Teocelo, Veracruz in a period between January and June 2007, where the aforementioned tittering was performed. RESULTS Out of 73 patients only 5 had an adequate medical follow up and disease control. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that the levels of glycosilated haemoglobin are high in those diabetic patients with poor medical control even when they handle normal serum levels of glucose.REFERENCES