Epidemiological characterization of the population by diabetic foot in the San Rafael Hospital emergency

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most relevant health issues, due to its prevalence, physical and psychosocial consequences on people who suffer from it, as well as the economic impact on society. Objective: Determine the epidemiological profile of consulting people by diabetic foot in the Emergency Unit of Hospital Nacional San Rafael in the period from May to July 2023. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional investigation was carried out which was developed in the period from May to July 2023 in the Emergency Unit of Hospital Nacional San Rafael. Rafael, the information was collected from clinical records and downloaded into a Microsoft Excel matrix for processing, classification and analysis. Results: The sex distribution of patients with diabetic foot do not show any difference and as age increases, the number of cases of diabetic foot also increases. The main associated risk factors were smoking and alcohol abuse, and the 92% of all patients had plasma glucose values above 200 mg/dl. The 43% had a history of previous amputations and the most common comorbidity was high blood pressure. All patients presented some type of involvement according to Wagner's classification, and the 83% of them presented a moderate risk of amputation, the 36% of them ended up in amputations and the rest in some type of debridement or curettage.