Objective: This study aims to analyze the prescription of antihypertensive drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Andalusia, comparing it with the SEH-LELHA 2022 guidelines, and to assess the direct cost of these treatments.
Materials And Methods: A multicentric, cross-sectional, and descriptive study was conducted with 385 T2D patients. Participants were randomly selected from the patient lists of 120 primary care physicians from Andalusia.
DM3c is diabetes (DM) of the exocrine pancreas that must be suspected whenever there is a history of chronic pancreatitis (CP), acute pancreatitis (AP) or recurrence (80% of cases) or new-onset DM in individuals from over 50 years of age without any other justification (negative autoimmunity tests, Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase antibodies). It is an entity misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes (DM2) (90%) and therefore, if it is not suspected, it can go unnoticed. For its diagnosis, abdominal ultrasound, determination of the CA 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Previous studies that quantify the cost of type 2 diabetes (DM2) show very different results. We set out to define the profile of the patient with DM2 in Andalusia, analyze the use of health resources and quantify their economic cost during 2022.
Patients And Methods: Multicenter, cross-sectional and descriptive study.