Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with serious health consequences. The association between diabetes and periodontal disease is well documented. However, the progression and healing of endodontic infections in diabetic patients has not been adequately studied. Dental lesions are emerging as a significant problem in the diabetic patients because of the improving health conditions. The purpo...

Diabetic nephropathy is clinically defined by the presence of persistent proteinuria of > 500 mg/day in a diabetic patient who has concomitant diabetic retinopathy and hypertension and in the absence of clinical or laboratory evidence of other kidney or renal tract disease. The presence of diabetic retinopathy is an important pre-requisite because in its absence, albuminuria in a Type 2 diabeti...

AIMS The goal of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of epalrestat, an aldose reductase inhibitor, on diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy, based on analysis of the results of the Aldose Reductase Inhibitor-Diabetes Complications Trial, a 3-year multicentre comparative clinical trial of conventional therapy (control group) and epalrestat therapy (epalrestat group) in Japanese patien...

introduction: diabetes mellitus is a global public health issue that has a prevalence of between 5-8% in different parts of iran. one of the most serious complications of diabetic foot ulcer and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of morbidity and amputation in patients with diabetes. on the other hand, amputations in patients with diabetes are three-year sur...

AIM To determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in patients with Down's syndrome and diabetes mellitus. METHODS Nine patients with Down's syndrome and diabetes mellitus were assessed. Factors recorded included type and duration of diabetes, level of diabetic control, blood pressure, urinalysis, and results of ophthalmological examination. RESULTS The duration of diabetes ranged from...

The aim of this study was to compare the quality of screening for diabetic retinopathy in cities of Rijeka and Zagreb, Croatia. Review of a random sample of 500 diabetic patient records and prospective ophthalmologic survey of 466 randomly selected diabetic patients in a secondary level diabetologic service in Rijeka (coastal region of Croatia). The main outcome measures were proportion of diab...

The non-steroidal mineralocorticoid antagonist finerenone is a new addition to the list of agents (angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors) conferring renal protection patient with diabetic kidney disease. Two recent meta-analyses using fixed effect model in patients chronic disease (both and non-diabetic population) came conflicting conclusion as far...

Aims: Diabetic nephropathy is one of the consequences of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and one of the main causes of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) as well as an important risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and death. The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for diabetic nephropathy in diabetic patients. Instruments & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 121 pat...