Categoría: "endocrinologa" / 17 Artículos
Manejo de la hiperglicemia en un hospital de primer nivel de atención - Management of hyperglycemia in a first level care hospital
Objetivo: Describir el tratamiento en un hospital de primer nivel de pacientes que consultaron el servicio de urgencias por hiperglucemia, el manejo previo y su probable relación con nuevas ...
Adherence to levothyroxine prescription in patients with hypothyroidism
Background: Hypothyroidism occurs in 1-2% of the general population, is associated with significant morbidity and requires continuous treatment with levothyroxine. Aim: To determine the ...
Time to modification of antidiabetic therapy in patients over the age of 65 years with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus
Aims. To determine the time elapsed from when a patient 65 years old is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and begins antidiabetic treatment until a change in treatment is required as ...
Inequalities in contraceptive use in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean are undergoing a unique process of demographic transition in which the population is progressively ageing but pregnancy rates remain high among women younger than 20...
Patrones de prescripción de medicamentos antitiroideos en una población de Colombia
Introducción: en Colombia no se conoce la prevalencia de los trastornos asociados a tirotoxicosis ni se dispone de estudios fármacoepidemiológicos acerca de la prescripci...
Tendencias en el uso y costo de insulinas analogas y humanas en una población Colomabiana, 2011 - 2015
Objectives: Diabetes mellitus is a common disease among the general population and imposes considerable costs on health care systems. Insulin is used to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus and as an ...
Efectividad e inercia clínica en pacientes con terapia antidiabética
Aims: To establish the effectiveness of antidiabetic therapy and the frequency of clinical inertia in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Colombia. Methods: A cross- sectional study with ...
Comparación de la efectividad deinsulinas análogas vs humanas sobre la hemoglobina glicosilada en pacientes con diabetes mellitus.
Aims: To compare the effect on metabolic control of treatment with conventional and analogue insulins for patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods: Retrospective cohort study held in cities ...
Tratamiento hipolipemiante y su efectividad en pacientes de cuatro ciudades colombianas
Introducción: la prevalencia de enfermedad cardiovascular ha aumentado, la hipercolesterolemia se ha asociado como factor de riesgo y se desconoce en algunas poblaciones cuántos...
Evaluación de la calidad de vida de pacientes con diabetes mellitus tratados con insulinas convencionales vs análogas.
The results of two scales that measure quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus treated with conventional or analogue insulin were evaluated and compared. Methods:Descriptive, ...
