Glucocorticoid-Induced Diabetes Mellitus: An Important but Overlooked Problem

Glucocorticoid-Induced Diabetes Mellitus: An Important but Overlooked Problem

Glucocorticoids are widely used as potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs to treat a wide range of diseases. However, they are also associated with a number of side effects, including new-onset hyperglycemia in patients without a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) or severely uncontrolled hyperglycemia in patients with known DM. Glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus (GIDM) is a ...

An important but easily overlooked medical complication of multiple trauma

A 53-year-old man was trapped under a hydraulic lift on the back of his lorry trailer. He was found to have spinal injuries with a comminuted unstable fracture of T6 and stable fracture of T12. He had further fractures of the left first rib, right second rib, and his sternum. He was admitted to the orthopaedic ward for conservative management with a spinal splint for five weeks. He remained sta...

risk factors of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus in systemic lupus erythematosus

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of glucocorticoid-induced diabetes mellitus (gidm) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) under glucocorticoid therapy. methods: patients with sle who had received high-dose glucocorticoid therapy (prednisolone≥1 mg/kg/day) at rasoul akram and firoozgar hospitals were recruited during 2006-20...

Diabetes mellitus: an important risk factor for reactivation of tuberculosis

UNLABELLED Diabetes mellitus was identified as a risk factor for developing tuberculosis (TB) infection, and relapse after therapy. The risk of acquiring TB is described as comparable to that of HIV population. The fact that diabetics are 3× times more prone to develop pulmonary TB than nondiabetics cannot be overlooked. With DM recognized as global epidemic, and TB affecting one-third of the w...

Senior suicide: an overlooked problem.