Introduction:

Diabetes mellitus is a highly prevalent pathology, with higher morbidity and mortality in the surgical patient, both due to hypo and hyperglycemia. Goals. Determine if glycemic metabolic control meets international recommendations. Methodology: A descriptive study of all patients admitted to surgical areas was carried out. All capillary blood glucose levels recorded in the clinical history were analyzed. Results: 34 patients were captured (predominantly male and with type 2 diabetes mellitus), 21 underwent surgical intervention, mortality was 6%. The average glycemia was higher than the internationally recommended, it constitutes episodes of hyperglycemia. Likewise, the presence of hypoglycemia was detected.

Conclusions:

It is desirable to establish strategies to optimize metabolic control in the population with diabetes mellitus admitted to surgical areas.

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