OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between vitamin D deficiency and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in pregnant Chinese women. METHODS A nested case-control study was conducted. Clinical and biochemical data were analyzed for 200 subjects with GDM and 200 subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT). RESULTS The median (interquartile range) serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD...

Nasogastric tube (NGT) and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy were frequently used in the head and neck cancer patients when malnutrition was present. Nevertheless, the evidence was inclusive in terms of the choice and the time of tube placement. The aim of this network meta-analysis was to evaluate the comparative effects of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (pPEG), reactive pe...

AIMS To investigate the associations between glucose metabolism, left ventricular (LV) contractile reserve, and exercise capacity in patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS From an outpatient HF clinic, 161 patients with systolic HF were included (mean age 70 ± 10 years, 69% male, 59% had ischaemic heart disease, mean LV ejection fraction (LVEF) 37 ± 9%). Thirty...

Circulating proteins contribute to the pathogenesis of T2DM (Type 2 diabetes mellitus) in various ways. The aim of the present study was to investigate variations in plasma protein levels in subjects with T2DM and differences in beta-cell function, characterized by the EIR (early insulin response), and to compare these protein levels with those observed in individuals with NGT (normal glucose t...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of aging on insulin secretion (first- and second-phase insulin release) and insulin sensitivity in people with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS First- and second-phase insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity were assessed in hyperglycemic clamp experiments in 266 individuals with NGT and 130 indiv...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has been widely used for patients with swallowing dysfunction. However, its beneficial effects in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) are controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of PEG on the prevention of GER in patients with nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding. METHODS Continuous 24-hour pH monitoring wa...

Background: Correct placement of nasogastric tube (NGT) often becomes difficult in anesthetized, intubated adult patients due to lack cooperation from patient and the propensity travel same course path. Preexisting throat pack is supposed resist normal passage NGT as per common belief. Only one study has evaluated this pediatric population result encouraging. Aims Objectives: Hence, present bee...

National Green Tribunal is a unique forum for adjudging matters relating to environmental protection, prior which the same role was played by higher judiciary exercising constitutional jurisdiction. Hence it quite obvious have concern over constitution of Tribunal. The ability NGT upkeep right safeguard environment be experienced from its functioning. Crossing ten years, ideal analyzing effecti...

Cosmological consequences of the nonsymmetric gravitational theory (NGT) are studied. The structure of the NGT field equations is analyzed for an inhomogeneous and anisotropic universe, based on the spherically symmetric field equations. It is assumed that the matter density and pressure are purely time dependent, and it is shown that the field equations allow open, flat and closed universes. T...

If an aspirate is not obtainable once the NGT is sited, performing the whoosh test is a valuable means to assess the likelihood of the NGT being in the stomach or not. If a positive whoosh test is heard, then a chest radiograph (CXR) can be requested. If the whoosh test is negative, then there is little point in requesting a CXR as the probability of the NGT being in the stomach is very low (in...