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- Title
ACCIDENT VASCULAIRE CEREBRAL (AVC) CHEZ LES PATIENTS DIABETIQUES DE TYPE 2 DANS LE SERVICE DE MEDECINE INTERNE DU CHU DU POINT G.
- Authors
D., Traoré; D., Sy; M., Sangaré; K., Keita; M., Konaté; D. S., Sow; R. N., Nyanke; M., Mariko; M. L., Mariko; N., Koné; M., Malle; B. B., Sangaré; I. A., Dembélé; M., Cissoko; A. K., Soukho; A. K., Traoré
- Abstract
Introduction: Diabetes is a chronic hyperglycemia which can be discovered with specific organic complications particularly affecting the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and vessels. Globally, the prevalence of stroke in people with diabetes is approximately 10%. Objective: Study the epidemiological and clinical aspects of stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methodology: We made a descriptive and analytical study by a retrospective survey over a period of 10 years, in the department of internal medicine at the university Hospital ofPoint G. We focused on all hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes, in whom the diagnosis of stroke was retained. Results: At the end of the study 24 patients out of 492 diabetes hospitalized in to the period met our inclusion criteria, representing a frequence of 4.9%. The mean age was 64.67 ± 13.409 years with a sex-ratio of 1.4. The reason for hospitalization was muscle weakness in 54.2% of patients. Eighty-seven point five percent (87.5%) of patients were already known to have diabetes before the weakness. Stroke was the mode of discovery of diabetes in 12.5%. Over 70% of our patients had hyperglycemia at the time of admission. Ischemic stroke was seen in 75% of patients. Conclusion: Stroke is a great complication of diabetes witch, can be a way discovery of type 2 diabetes.
- Publication
Mali Médical, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 4, p70
- ISSN
0464-7874
- Publication type
Article