Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) are the two most acute life-threatening complications of diabetes mellitus and in most cases treatment should be administered in an intensive care unit. Clinically, DKA and HHS differ according to the presence of metabolic acidosis; however, the treatment of DKA and HHS is similar. The main principles are intravenous adminis...

: In this work, we report the experimental results and theoretical analysis of strong localization of resonance transmission modes generated by hybrid periodic/quasiperiodic heterostructures (HHs) based on porous silicon. The HHs are formed by stacking a quasiperiodic Fibonacci (FN) substructure between two distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). FN substructure defines the number of strong locali...

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and the hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state (HHS) are potentially fatal hyperglycemic crises that occur as acute complications of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. The authors provide a review of the current epidemiology, precipitating factors, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, evaluation, and treatment of DKA and HHS. The discovery of insulin in 1921 changed the life ...

According to a recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Task Force on Prescription Drug Importation (HHS Task Force Report), nearly 5 million shipments of unapproved prescription drugs entered the U.S. in 2003 from Canada through Internet sales and from travel to Canada by American consumers.1 Astonishingly, these unapproved shipments comprised roughly 12 m...

OBJECTIVE To report a rare association of central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) with hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS). CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A diabetic female presented with HHS and prolonged severe hypernatraemia. The metabolic derangement was adequately treated with proper correction of both hyperglycaemia and hypernatraemia. Lack of improvement in the presenting confus...

BACKGROUND The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is currently weighted more heavily when evaluating health status, particularly regarding medical treatments and interventions. However, it is rarely used by physicians to compare responsiveness. Additionally, responsiveness estimates derived by the Harris Hip Score (HHS) and the Short Form 36 (SF-36) before and after revision total hip arthr...

trans-Resveratrol (t-RES) is one of the most relevant and extensively investigated stilbenes with a broad spectrum of biological activities. In contrast to the detailed knowledge of t-RES activities in biological systems, much less is known about the effects of higher hydroxylated stilbenes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects (antioxidant activities) of t-RE...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the renal tolerance of a hypertonic-hyperoncotic solution (HHS) administration during uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock (UHS). METHODS UHS was produced in rats by a preliminary bleed followed by tail amputation. Hydroxyethylstarch (HHS) 200/0.5 6% in NaCl 7.2% was administered to the HHS groups (n = 20) and normal saline (NS) to the NS group (n = ...

BACKGROUND Hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS) is a cause of vascular insufficiency to the hand and may be manifest as Raynaud's phenomenon. The cause is trauma to the vulnerable portion of the ulnar artery as it passes over the hamate bone, which may result in thrombosis, irregularity or aneurysm formation. AIM This review was undertaken in order to clarify the features of HHS that may differen...