Busca conocer las características clínicas, epidemiológicas y de laboratorio de los pacientes con diagnostico de CAD en el HAL y compararlos con la literatura universal. La muestra seleccionada estuvo comprendida por 31 pacientes que presentaron cetoacidosis diabética y que fueron atendidos en el servicio de emergencias del Hospital nacional Arzobispo Loayza durante un año. Los instrumentos empleados estuvieron conformados por una ficha de recolección de datos convenientemente elaborada para los fines de estudio. Se concluye que la prevalencia de CAD entre los pacientes con DM que ingresan al servicio de emergencia del HAL es de 5.6%. Hubo una mayor frecuencia de pacientes del sexo femenino con cetoacidosis diabética en un 51.8%. La media de le edad fue de 45 años con una desviación estándar de 14 años siendo la mínima edad de 23 años y la máxima de 83 años. En cuanto a lo...

Objective: To assess the emergency services personnel's attitude towards the elderly in Lima hospitals
 Material and Method: The Kogan's Attitudes towards Older People Scale (KOP), validated by Sampen in Peru, was administered to healthcare workers from the Emergency Departments in three national hospitals in Lima: Cayetano Heredia (HNCH), Arzobispo Loayza (HNAL), and Hipolito Unanue (HNHU). A positive attitude towards the elderly was established if calculated scores in KOP were above 102, and a negative attitude was defined when KOP scores were 102 or lower. Results: Two hundred and thirty five healthcare workers were interviewed. Nearly half of them (45,5%) were physicians, 45,5% were nurses, and 9% were administrative personnel. The mean age of interviewees was 34 years (SD: 7,3) and 50,6% were female. A positive attitude towards the elderly was found in 97,6% of the emergency servi...

Objective: To assess the emergency services personnel's attitude towards the elderly in Lima hospitals
 Material and Method: The Kogan's Attitudes towards Older People Scale (KOP), validated by Sampen in Peru, was administered to healthcare workers from the Emergency Departments in three national hospitals in Lima: Cayetano Heredia (HNCH), Arzobispo Loayza (HNAL), and Hipolito Unanue (HNHU). A positive attitude towards the elderly was established if calculated scores in KOP were above 102, and a negative attitude was defined when KOP scores were 102 or lower. Results: Two hundred and thirty five healthcare workers were interviewed. Nearly half of them (45,5%) were physicians, 45,5% were nurses, and 9% were administrative personnel. The mean age of interviewees was 34 years (SD: 7,3) and 50,6% were female. A positive attitude towards the elderly was found in 97,6% of the emergency servi...