diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of chronic renal disorders and end-stage kidney disease in developed countries. it is the major cause of dialysis and transplantation. failure in renal function causes wide disorders in the body. diabetes results in wide range of alterations in the renal tissue. it is believed that early histological changes in diabetic nephropathy are detectable 2 yea...

fasting serum chromium, total cholesterol hdl-cholesterol, ldl-cholesterol, triacytglycerot and blood sugar were determined in fifty two diabetic patients with no other organic diseases anil compared with those obtained from a control group including fourty two healthy volunteers matched for age, sex ami body mass irutex (bmi). fasting serum chromium and hdl-cholesterol were significantly lower...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Oxidative stress has a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetes. Propolis and its constituents have a wide range of medicinal properties against oxidative stress. In the present study, we evaluated the anti-oxidant effects of ethanolic extracts of propolis on kidneys in diabetes mellitus rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into th...

OBJECTIVES To determine if the recovery of nerve function after ischaemic block is impaired in patients with diabetes mellitus relative to healthy controls. METHODS Median nerve impulse conduction and vibratory thresholds in the same innervation territory were studied in patients with diabetes mellitus (n = 16) and age matched controls (n = 10) during and after 30 minutes of cuffing of the fo...

Wolfram syndrome is the constellation of juvenile onset diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy, known as DIDMOAD (Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy, and Deafness).Patients demonstrate diabetes mellitus followed by optic atrophy in the first decade, diabetes insipidus and sensorineural deafness in the second decade, dilated renal outflow tracts early in the third decade, and mult...

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AIMS Population surveys of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity conducted in Samoa over three decades have used varying methodologies and definitions. This study standardizes measures, and trends of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity for 1978-2013 are projected to 2020 for adults aged 25-64 years. METHODS Unit records from eight surveys (n = 12 516) were adjusted to the previous census for ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to identify the impact of diabetes and related comorbidities, namely chronic renal failure, peripheral vascular disease, and low ejection fraction (<35%), on long-term survival of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS A unicenter study was conducted on 9125 survivors of isolated coronary artery bypass graft sur...

Although some previous studies have discussed the nursing process for type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, research that specifically discusses adapting mellitus through needs analysis has never been studied before. This systematic review aims to publications on nurses' understanding of mellitus, patients with and a based training model. By using descriptive qualitative methods, this study uses s...

BACKGROUND Previous reports on whether smoking is associated with insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus have yielded inconsistent findings. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between cigarette smoking and incident diabetes mellitus in the Jackson Heart Study. METHODS AND RESULTS Jackson Heart Study participants enrolled at baseline without prevalent diabetes mellitus (n=2991) were class...