OBJECTIVE Risk scores based on phenotypic characteristics to identify individuals at high risk of having undiagnosed diabetes have been developed in Caucasian populations. The impact of known risk factors on having undiagnosed type 2 diabetes differs between populations from different ethnic origin, and risk scores developed in Caucasians may not be applicable to other ethnic groups. This study...

OBJECTIVE We aimed at analyzing the frequency, clinical characteristics, and trends associated with the occurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) at the onset of type 1 diabetes on the basis of long-term follow-up data. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 106 pediatric diabetes centers in Germany and Austria participated in this study. Data from 14,664 patients with type 1 diabetes collect...

tacrolimus is a main drug for induction and maintenance immunosuppression for patients with kidney transplants in many centers. one of important side effect of drug is post-transplant diabetes mellitus .of course; diabetes ketoacidosis (dka) is rare. in this report, a 12-year-old girl with dka was presented after 45 days of kidney transplantation.

background: these days, diabetes is deemed as one of the most important health and social-economic problems of the world. since parents play a major role in treatment of diabetes, the most important part of managing diabetes is in the hands of the parents of children affected by diabetes. this special responsibility will increase the stress and family challenges and impacts parents’ emotional r...

background healthcare-seeking behavior is one of the factors determining the uptake and outcome of healthcare. however, few studies have discussed how and why diabetics seek healthcare assistance before meeting a physician. objectives in this study, we explored the subjective experiences of healthcare-seeking behavior among iranian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. patients and methods a ...

background: diabetes has become a daunting health and medical challenge as well as a hefty economic burden for societies over the past decades. this study was designed to shed light on the overall trend of research across iran regarding mental health status of diabetic patients. method: search process of the present study is part of search strategy of iran diabetes research roadmap (idrr) study...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — Glycemic control, hypoglycemia, and body weight were monitored over 6 years in 826 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in 8 of 23 U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) centers that used a modified protocol. Patients were randomly allocated to a conventional glucose control policy, primarily with diet (n 242) or an intensive policy with insulin alone (n ...

Santica Marcovina, Ronald R. Bowsher, Greg Miller, Myrlene Staten, Gary Myers, Samuel P. Caudill, Scott E. Campbell, Michael W. Steffes for the Insulin Standardization Work Group. 1 Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2 LINCO Diagnostic Services, St. Charles MO; B2S Consulting, Beech Grove, IN 3 Department of Pathology, Virginia Com...

BACKGROUND The Health Disparities Collaboratives of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) were designed to improve care in community health centers, where many patients from ethnic and racial minority groups and uninsured patients receive treatment. METHODS We performed a controlled preintervention and postintervention study of community health centers participating in quali...