Prevalence of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Aliabad Hospital in 2018

Abstract

Objective: Prevalence of DKA in patients with type 2 diabetes admitted to the internal service of Ali Abad Teaching Hospital.

Method and Material: The research was conducted through the descriptive method in cross-sectional form, which includes all patients who have been admitted to type 2 diabetes in the internal service of Aliabad Hospital for one year. In this study, all patients with type 2 diabetes are included, and type 1 diabetes is not included in this research.

Results: In this study, the prevalence of DKA in patients with type 2 diabetes was found to be 5.98 percent, which, from the perspective of gender, is most common in women (60 percent) and between the ages of 60 to 69 years.

Conclusion: Approximately 5.98 percent of hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 had DKA; it was most common between the ages of 60-69 years, and was most common in women.