Manejo de enfermería en paciente pediátrico con hipoglucemia por descompensación de diabetes mellitus tipo 1

Abstract

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is a multifactorial disease that most often affects children and adolescents due to the destruction of beta cells of the pancreas causing damage to the short and long term. In Hospital Expenditures reports from 2016 reveals that Type 1 Diabetes was the reason for admission of a child under one year, 50 children in the range of 1 to 9 years and 134 children in the range of 10 to 19. The acute complication of type 1 diabetes is hypoglycaemia, which means a decrease in glucose below 70mg / dl. The mortality rate of hypoglycemia as a complication of type 1 diabetes is 2 and 4% in the population worldwide. Marjory Gordón's theory is based on the assessment of patients through the 11 functional patterns. The nursing care process is a tool to provide nursing care to improve the health and well-being of the patient. The objective of this research is to establish the management of nursing in pediatric patients with hypoglycaemia due to decompensation of diabetes mellitus type 1, which was carried out with the information search. In conclusion, the nursing staff must perform a good education to the patient and family on the disease process, signs and symptoms of alertness of acute and chronic completions, adequate nutritional management, exercise and glycemic control, in addition to the correct administration