Characteristics of hyperglycemic crises in an adult population in a teaching hospital in Colombia.
Carlos Esteban Builes-MontañoAndres ChavarriagaLina BallesterosManuela MuñozSofia MedinaJorge Hernando Donado-GomezAlex Ramirez-RincónPublished in: Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders (2018)
In a teaching hospital in Latin America hyperglycemic crises are common, with diabetic ketoacidosis being the most frequent, and in a significant number of cases may be preventable. The hospital length of stay in our population is longer than reported in the literature.