摘要
objective: to know the cause of admissions of diabetic patients at emergencies room at east area of valladolid in a year. methods: it is a retrospective and trasversal study that analysed a number of the admission of diabetic patients at emergencies room because a direct complication diabetes mellitus or another different cause. we used t and 聿2 as statistic tests, considering 0.05 as significance. results: up to 2,433 (2.4%) were diabetes mellitus emergencies. 17.1% because a direct complication, most of them methabolic complications (24.6% hyperglycaemia). conclusion: we emphasize the high prevalence of direct complications as emergencies admissions in our hospital.