Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has a national prevalence near of 4.2% and world ranging from 2 to 5%. Its complications are associated with poor metabolic control and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF), so that managing and reducing these is the main purpose of DM control programs Objective: To characterize clinically patients with type 2 DM who were seen in the cardiovascular program of CESFAM Barros Luco (San Miguel district, metropolitan area) during July-December 2010. Patients and methods: Observational,
descriptive and analytical, with non-probability sampling, reviewing control records of chronic cardiovascular program from July to December 2011 in CESFAM Barros Luco. Results: The study included 220 patients, of whom 60.0% were female and 40.0% men. Average age: 64.98 years. A 41.36% of patients are obese, a value significantly increased in women over 60 years. A 39.54% of patients have HbA1c score greater than 7%, and 77.72% had LDL cholesterol above 100 mg / dL. A 50.9% had poor control of blood pressure. Discussion: The charasteristics of Type 2 DM in the studied population were the predominance in elderly, obese and females. Moreover, the vast majority of cases were higher than optimal LDL and about 60% had good metabolic control with HbA1c below 7%. These figures shed light on the special care must be taken with female patients and older, and specific deficiencies that exist in the management of diabetic patients in CESFAM Barros.
Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, primary care.
González, J., Quijada, D., Miranda-Merchack, A., & Ruiz, F. (2012). Perfil de pacientes diabéticos bajo control en el CESFAM Barros Luco. Revista Chilena De Estudiantes De Medicina, 6(1), 19–24. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-672X.2012.72582
