Complications in 8793 cases of diabetes mellitus 14 years study in Bombay Hospital, Bombay, India

Patel, J. C. (1989) Complications in 8793 cases of diabetes mellitus 14 years study in Bombay Hospital, Bombay, India Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 43 (7). pp. 177-183. ISSN 0019-5359

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Abstract

Complications in 8793 hospitalised cases of diabetes in 14 years were present in 81.8 percent. It was equal in both sexes. They did not depend upon religious dietary habits or on economic condition/status of the patient. Hypertension was present in 42.2%. Ischaemic heart diseases in 27.2%. C.V.A. in 9.2% and gangrene and peripheral vascular diseases in 4.2%. Acute & chronic U.T.I. was in 31.4% and uraemia in 4.5% and K.W. Syndrome in 2.5%. In Infection Tuberculosis was in 5.9% and pyogenic skin infection in 4.1%. Vascular and renal complications increased with the duration of diabetes and with age in type II diabetes.

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