Diabetic Nephropathy; To Find Out the Frequency of Hypoglycemia in These Patients

Abstract

ABSTRACT… Objectives: To find out the frequency of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetic nephropathy. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Emergency department and department of medicine Liaquat university Hospital Hyd/ Jamshoro. Study Period: One year from 01-03-2009 to 28-02-2010. Methodology: Two hundred cases of diabetic nephropathy on the basis of symptoms and signs of hypoglycemia were selected in this study. Results: Out of 200 patients, 102(51%) were males and 98(49%) were females, 10.5% had type-1 diabetes and 89.5% had type-2 diabetes. Most of the patients belonged to 60 to 75 years of age. The average duration of diabetes was 12.20 ± 6.14 years. Out of 23 hypoglycemic patients, 5 (21.7%) had type-1 diabetes in which 4 were male and one was female while 18 (78.3%) had type-2 diabetes in which 10 were male and 8 were female patients. Conclusion: It was observed that hypoglycemia was common in diabetic patients, who developed renal failure due to diabetic nephropathy. Key words:Diabetes mellitus, Nephropathy, Renal failure, Hypoglycemic Article Citation: Liaquat J, Bawany MA, Shaikh N, Khahro AA, Naz F. Diabetic nephropathy; to find out the frequency of hypoglycemia in these patients. Professional Med J 2016;23(2):121-128.