Reasons for hospitalizations in adults with diabetes in Kuwait

The study suggests that a large proportion of hospitalizations for diabetes are preventable. The objective of this paper is to study the determine prevalence and reasons for hospitalization in adults with diabetes in Kuwait. The methodology of this paper is A cross-sectional study was conducted of all hospital admissions in the Department of Medicine at Al-Sabah Hospital in Kuwait during a 2-month period. The study concluded that the five most frequent specific causes for hospitalizations in patients with medical history of diabetes as a secondary diagnosis were acute coronary syndrome(27.2%), pneumonia (14.3%), heart failure (11.2%), cerebrovascular accident (10.3%), and chronic obstructive airway disease (3.6%).