5 research outputs found
Diabetes Mellitus en el servicio de urgencias: manejo de las complicaciones agudas en adultos
Resumen La Diabetes Mellitus (DM) es una enfermedad de alta prevalencia, reconocida como un problema de salud pública, debido a sus altas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad asociadas. Diferentes estudios han documentado que la falta de adherencia al tratamiento, constituye uno de los principales factores desencadenantes para las descompensaciones agudas en el paciente diabético. Dentro del espectro de dichas alteraciones se encuentran las crisis hiperglicémicas agudas, las cuales se han dicotomizado en dos entidades clínicas: la Cetoacidosis Diabética (CAD) y el Estado Hiperglicémico Hiperosmolar (EHH), que constituyen complicaciones metabólicas potencialmente fatales en el corto plazo y de las cuales pueden encontrarse cuadros superpuestos. Se han establecido criterios diagnósticos específicos buscando realizar un diagnóstico diferencial acertado, que permita un tratamiento idóneo; sin embargo, las tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad siguen siendo considerables. Por su parte, la Hipoglicemia también constituye una emergencia médica que, de no ser tratada oportunamente, puede ocasionar daño neurológico permanente e incluso la muerte. De lo anterior se deduce la importancia de que existan guías claras de manejo de estas alteraciones en todos los centros y servicios donde se preste atención médica de urgencias. Se siguen realizando investigaciones en busca de nuevas estrategias diagnósticas y terapéuticas que permitan un manejo más integral de la DM y sus complicaciones, en aras de mejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Palabras claves: Diabetes Mellitus, cetoacidosis diabética, estado hiperglicémico hiperosmolar, hipoglicemia. Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a high prevalence disease, recognized as a public health problema because of its high morbidity and mortality rates. Some studies have expose that the lack of adherence to treatment is one of the main triggers for acute complications in diabetic patients. Those complications are the acute hyperglycemic crises, which are two clinical entities: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and the Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS), which are potentially fatal metabolic complications in the short term and which can be found overlapping. They have established some specific diagnostic criteria in order to perform a correct differential diagnosis, which allows proper treatment, however, morbidity and mortality remain significantly high. Hypoglycemia is also a medical emergency, which if not treated on time, can cause permanent neurological damage and even death. That’s why it is important to create clear guidelines to treat these complications, in all services, in order to provide emergency medical care. New researchs have been developed to find new diagnostic and therapeutic’s strategies would allow a more integrated management of the DM and its complications, for the sake of improving patients’ life quality. Key words: Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus en el servicio de urgencias: manejo de las complicaciones agudas en adultos
Resumen La Diabetes Mellitus (DM) es una enfermedad de alta prevalencia, reconocida como un problema de salud pública, debido a sus altas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad asociadas. Diferentes estudios han documentado que la falta de adherencia al tratamiento, constituye uno de los principales factores desencadenantes para las descompensaciones agudas en el paciente diabético. Dentro del espectro de dichas alteraciones se encuentran las crisis hiperglicémicas agudas, las cuales se han dicotomizado en dos entidades clínicas: la Cetoacidosis Diabética (CAD) y el Estado Hiperglicémico Hiperosmolar (EHH), que constituyen complicaciones metabólicas potencialmente fatales en el corto plazo y de las cuales pueden encontrarse cuadros superpuestos. Se han establecido criterios diagnósticos específicos buscando realizar un diagnóstico diferencial acertado, que permita un tratamiento idóneo; sin embargo, las tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad siguen siendo considerables. Por su parte, la Hipoglicemia también constituye una emergencia médica que, de no ser tratada oportunamente, puede ocasionar daño neurológico permanente e incluso la muerte. De lo anterior se deduce la importancia de que existan guías claras de manejo de estas alteraciones en todos los centros y servicios donde se preste atención médica de urgencias. Se siguen realizando investigaciones en busca de nuevas estrategias diagnósticas y terapéuticas que permitan un manejo más integral de la DM y sus complicaciones, en aras de mejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Palabras claves: Diabetes Mellitus, cetoacidosis diabética, estado hiperglicémico hiperosmolar, hipoglicemia. Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a high prevalence disease, recognized as a public health problema because of its high morbidity and mortality rates. Some studies have expose that the lack of adherence to treatment is one of the main triggers for acute complications in diabetic patients. Those complications are the acute hyperglycemic crises, which are two clinical entities: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and the Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS), which are potentially fatal metabolic complications in the short term and which can be found overlapping. They have established some specific diagnostic criteria in order to perform a correct differential diagnosis, which allows proper treatment, however, morbidity and mortality remain significantly high. Hypoglycemia is also a medical emergency, which if not treated on time, can cause permanent neurological damage and even death. That’s why it is important to create clear guidelines to treat these complications, in all services, in order to provide emergency medical care. New researchs have been developed to find new diagnostic and therapeutic’s strategies would allow a more integrated management of the DM and its complications, for the sake of improving patients’ life quality. Key words: Diabetes Mellitus
II Congreso internacional en educación física, recreación, deporte y actividad física. “Innovación y tendencias” - Memorias
El II Congreso Internacional de Educación Física, Recreación, Deporte y Actividad Física:
“Innovación y Tendencias“ y el II Encuentro de Egresados del Departamento de Cultura
Física de la Universidad de Córdoba se realizó en la ciudad de Montería, capital del
Departamento de Córdoba, Colombia, como iniciativa del Grupo de Investigación en
Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y la Salud –GICAFS- del Departamento de Cultura Física,
perteneciente a la Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad de
Córdoba, como muestra hacia la comunidad académica y la sociedad en general de la
responsabilidad ética, social y profesional, para aportar a la construcción de tejido social,
atendiendo a las recomendaciones del plan decenal del deporte, la Educación Física, la
Recreación y la Actividad Física 2009-2019 (COLDEPORTES, 2009).Edición 201
Ticagrelor in patients with diabetes and stable coronary artery disease with a history of previous percutaneous coronary intervention (THEMIS-PCI) : a phase 3, placebo-controlled, randomised trial
Background:
Patients with stable coronary artery disease and diabetes with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), particularly those with previous stenting, are at high risk of ischaemic events. These patients are generally treated with aspirin. In this trial, we aimed to investigate if these patients would benefit from treatment with aspirin plus ticagrelor.
Methods:
The Effect of Ticagrelor on Health Outcomes in diabEtes Mellitus patients Intervention Study (THEMIS) was a phase 3 randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial, done in 1315 sites in 42 countries. Patients were eligible if 50 years or older, with type 2 diabetes, receiving anti-hyperglycaemic drugs for at least 6 months, with stable coronary artery disease, and one of three other mutually non-exclusive criteria: a history of previous PCI or of coronary artery bypass grafting, or documentation of angiographic stenosis of 50% or more in at least one coronary artery. Eligible patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either ticagrelor or placebo, by use of an interactive voice-response or web-response system. The THEMIS-PCI trial comprised a prespecified subgroup of patients with previous PCI. The primary efficacy outcome was a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke (measured in the intention-to-treat population).
Findings:
Between Feb 17, 2014, and May 24, 2016, 11 154 patients (58% of the overall THEMIS trial) with a history of previous PCI were enrolled in the THEMIS-PCI trial. Median follow-up was 3·3 years (IQR 2·8–3·8). In the previous PCI group, fewer patients receiving ticagrelor had a primary efficacy outcome event than in the placebo group (404 [7·3%] of 5558 vs 480 [8·6%] of 5596; HR 0·85 [95% CI 0·74–0·97], p=0·013). The same effect was not observed in patients without PCI (p=0·76, p interaction=0·16). The proportion of patients with cardiovascular death was similar in both treatment groups (174 [3·1%] with ticagrelor vs 183 (3·3%) with placebo; HR 0·96 [95% CI 0·78–1·18], p=0·68), as well as all-cause death (282 [5·1%] vs 323 [5·8%]; 0·88 [0·75–1·03], p=0·11). TIMI major bleeding occurred in 111 (2·0%) of 5536 patients receiving ticagrelor and 62 (1·1%) of 5564 patients receiving placebo (HR 2·03 [95% CI 1·48–2·76], p<0·0001), and fatal bleeding in 6 (0·1%) of 5536 patients with ticagrelor and 6 (0·1%) of 5564 with placebo (1·13 [0·36–3·50], p=0·83). Intracranial haemorrhage occurred in 33 (0·6%) and 31 (0·6%) patients (1·21 [0·74–1·97], p=0·45). Ticagrelor improved net clinical benefit: 519/5558 (9·3%) versus 617/5596 (11·0%), HR=0·85, 95% CI 0·75–0·95, p=0·005, in contrast to patients without PCI where it did not, p interaction=0·012. Benefit was present irrespective of time from most recent PCI.
Interpretation:
In patients with diabetes, stable coronary artery disease, and previous PCI, ticagrelor added to aspirin reduced cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke, although with increased major bleeding. In that large, easily identified population, ticagrelor provided a favourable net clinical benefit (more than in patients without history of PCI). This effect shows that long-term therapy with ticagrelor in addition to aspirin should be considered in patients with diabetes and a history of PCI who have tolerated antiplatelet therapy, have high ischaemic risk, and low bleeding risk