FREQUENCY OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE AT DHQ TEACHING HOSPITAL BANNU

Abstract

Objective: To find out how many diabetes mellitus patients had been diagnosed for first time while visiting DHQ Teaching Hospital with stroke in Bannu. Study Design: Cross-sectional and descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Over a period of six months (0000-0000), at DHQ Teaching Hospital, Bannu, Department of Medicine. Methodology: All 159 patients with ischemic stroke were screened for diabetes mellitus. A detailed history was obtained and complete physical examination was performed to rule out other diagnoses. Five cc blood samples were taken from each one of the patients and sent to the hospital laboratory for diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes was diagnosed in patients who had any of the following criteria: Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level of 126 mg/dL or more; A 2-hour post 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) of 200 mg/dL or more; or A random plasma glucose (RPG) level of 200 mg/dL or higher with typical symptoms of hyperglycaemia or hyperglycaemic emergency. The data was analyzed through SPSS. Results: The participants' mean age was 54.61 ± 9.007 years. Of the total participants, 99 (62.3%) were male and 60 (37.7%) were female. Smoking was reported in 43 (27%) patients, hypertension in 122 (76.7%), coronary artery disease in 105 (66%), and dyslipidaemia in 56 (35.2%). In 119 patients, stroke was ischemic and in 40 patients, stroke was haemorrhagic. Sixty-five of the patients (40.9%) were found to have diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: This study revealed that the incidence rate of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus was high in the patients who were presented with stroke in DHQ Teaching Hospital Bannu. 40.9% of the participants were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: newly diagnosed, diabetes mellitus, stroke.