In this prospective study, we examined changes in renal function during 6 years of follow-up in relation to baseline lead levels, diabetes, and hypertension among 448 middle-age and elderly men, a subsample of the Normative Aging Study. Lead levels were generally low at baseline, with mean blood lead, patella lead, and tibia lead values of 6.5 microg/dL, 32.4 microg/g, and 21.5 microg/g, respec...

BACKGROUND The relationship between admission glucose levels and outcomes in older diabetic and nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction is not well defined. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated a national sample of elderly patients (n=141,680) hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction from 1994 to 1996. Admission glucose was analyzed as a categorical (< or =110, >110 to 140, >14...

Objectives: The objectives of this retrospective review of a case series of Fournier's gangrene (FG) treated at Dammam Medical Complex from April 2008 to April 2015 were to evaluate the risk factors, etiology, microbiological characteristics, hospital management, and outcome for FG patients. Materials & Methods: The author retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of 22 patients diagnosed w...

BACKGROUND Metformin is a worldwide accepted biguanide antidiabetic agent, and its effectiveness and benefit have already been well established. Among the side effects of metformin, lactate acidosis is the most problematic because of a high mortality rate, which impedes its use in clinical practice, especially in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes. Aging is associated with a decreased renal ...

the aim of this article is to review health-related aspects of ramadan fasting in normal individuals and diabetics. during fasting days of ramadan, glucose homeostasis is maintained by meal taken bepore dawn and by liver glycogen stores. changes in serum lipids are variable and defend on the quality and quantity of food consumption and changes in weight. compliant, well controlled type 2 diabet...

Fasting blood glucose, triglyceride, cholesterol, lipoprotein cholesterol, phospholipids, total lipids, uronic acid, total amino acids, glycated serum proteins, fructosamine, copper and zinc levels were determined in insulin-dependent diabetics (IDDs) non-insulin dependent diabetics (NIDDs). Appreciable hyperglycaemia and hypertriglycerideamia was noticed in all diabetics. IDDM females exhibite...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a well-recognized risk factor for ischaemic stroke. Stroke in diabetic patients is different from stroke in non-diabetics from several perspectives. There is no local study on this topic. This is the first study from Pakistan, in which pattern of stroke in diabetics have been described and compared with non-diabetics. The object of this study was to compare patte...

Background Ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy is a very uncommon event, but its frequency is increasing. Since first reported by Wendler in 1895, 71 cases of post-hysterectomy have been reported. Case A woman, 2 years after an abdominal supracervical hysterectomy, presented with a ruptured fallopian tube ectopic pregnancy. Conclusion Any woman, even after hysterectomy but with ovaries in ...

the ophthalmologic outcomes of diabetes were important. this research is conducted to assess the relation between diabetes and intraocular pressure changes in the patients of avicenna hospital, compared with healthy persons referring to the facility. with cross-sectional research, 400 persons including 200 diabetics and non-diabetics were selected on a random basis over one year in 2012. resear...

Background: Depression is common psychiatric illness found in chronic diseases. Diabetes multi system involvement diseases with associated diabetic distress and depressive symptoms. Patient diabetes Depressive disorder has worse health outcome higher morbidity as well mortality. Diabetic patients experience some emotional feelings like guilt, denial, stress due to being burden of self-care mana...