hand ischemia is a rare complication of diabetes and some other chronic vascular diseases. critical hand ischemia causes painful limbs and disability and requires urgent revascularization. there have been a few reports of successful trans-brachial percutaneous angioplasty in the upper extremity in the radial or ulnar artery. herein, we report the results of the endovascular treatment of a 68-ye...

background the goal of diabetes control should be feasible in order to minimize the risk of its adverse events and to reduce its burden and cost on patients. the current study aimed to assess the status of glycemic control in male and female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) in kerman, iran.   methods in the present study, 500 t2dm (300 women and 200 men) from the kerman coronary ar...

objective: to identify the proportion and some selected characteristics of juvenile diabetics attending birdem hospital. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study. the study was conducted in the birdem hospital. all diabetic young aged up to 18 years who visit birdem hospital were included in study population. the sample size was 240. results: it was observed that among the respon...

background: despite the effectiveness of drug therapy in diabetes management high rates of poor adherence persist. the purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing the medication adherence and dietary regiment in type2 diabetic patients. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted on 300 type2 diabetic patients referred to general internal medicine clinic, yazd shohdaye ...

background: diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which many factors are involved and is developing considerably worldwide. increasing aging population and obesity in the societies has improved the scale of the type 2 diabetes significantly. the aim of this study was to determine the direct medical costs of outpatient cares of diabetes in iran. methods: active patients of isfahan endocrinology...

background: we explored the level of jordanian patients' knowledge, diabetes related distress, self-management activities and these effects on the a1c level. methodology: this descriptive cross-sectional correlational design (conducted in 2013) was utilized to recruit 289 diabetic patients from outpatient diabetes clinics, using self-reported questionnaires (diabetes knowledge test, diabetes di...

background: type ii diabetes is known as one of the most important, prevalent, and expensive diseases of mankind. late diagnosis and subsequent delayed initiation of treatment or surveillance of patients create a variety of problems for affected individuals. this has raised increasing concerns for public health authorities throughout the world. in the current study, we aimed to find a new appro...

the aim of this study was to explore the relationship between diabetes and depression and investigate the effects of comorbid diabetes and depression on healthcare utilization.the study sample included 10,179 korean adults aged ≥ 45 years. the presence of diabetes was assessed by asking participants if the participants had ever been diagnosed with diabetes. depression was measured using the 10-...

type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) is recognized as a public health problem and increasingly prevalent illness. key elements of the guideline for diabetes care are based on evidence-based medicine approach and apply for population, not individuals. however, individualized care can improve diabetes management. personalized medicine is otherwise called precision medicine tries to find better predict...

abstract objective: diabetes is now known as one of the chronic diseases that besides body have negative effects on the psychological status of patients and it is one of the predisposition diseases which can lead to opportunistic infection like pathogens parasites. the aim of present study was frequency distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in diabetic patients – in yazd. materials an...