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Periodontal parameters in prediabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and non-diabetic patients

Abstract The aim of the present study was to compare the clinical and radiographic periodontal parameters in prediabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and non-diabetic patients. Forty-one patients with prediabetes (Group 1), 43 patients with T2DM (Group 2), and 41 controls (Group 3) were included. De...

Metformin and blood cancers

Clinics; 73 (supl.1), 2018
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cancer are correlated with changes in insulin signaling, a pathway that is frequently upregulated in neoplastic tissue but impaired in tissues that are classically targeted by insulin in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Many antidiabetes treatments, particularly metformin, enhance i...

Association of glycemic control with progression of diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Malaysia

Abstract The risk of having microvascular complication is high among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients. However, factors associated with the glycemic control and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in T2DM patients is limited. This study aims to determine association between anti-diabetic age...

Type-2 diabetes alters the basal phenotype of human macrophages and diminishes their capacity to respond, internalise, and control Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 113 (4), 2018
BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a risk factor for the development of tuberculosis (TB), although the associated mechanisms are not known. OBJECTIVES To study the association between T2D and the basal phenotype of macrophages, and their immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection....

Complicaciones crónicas de la diabetes mellitus tipo II en adultos mayores
Chronic complications of type II diabetes mellitus in older adults

Rev. inf. cient; 97 (3), 2018
Introducción: en Cuba la diabetes mellitus se encuentra dentro de las afecciones más frecuentes del adulto mayor. Objetivo: caracterizar el comportamiento de las complicaciones crónicas de la diabetes mellitus tipo II en pacientes adultos mayores del Consultorio Médico de la Familia número 5 del mun...

Diabetes remission rate in different bmi grades following roux-en-y gastric bypass

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus has a high long-term remission rate after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB), but few studies have analyzed patients with BMI<35 kg/m2. Aim: To compare glycemic control after LRYGB between BMI 30-35 kg/m2 (intervention group or IG) and >3...

Food intake evaluation during the first year of postoperative of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or glycemic alteration submitted to roux-en-y gastric bypass

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Background : Obesity is one of the main causes of glycemic change. Failure of clinical obesity treatment may lead to an increase in bariatric surgery. Dietary guidance, in conjunction with disabsorptive and hormonal factors resulting from the anatomical and physiological changes provoked by the...

Riscos associados à mortalidade em pacientes atendidos em um programa de prevenção do pé diabético

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 39 (), 2018
Resumo OBJETIVO SIdentificar em pacientes com diabetes tipo 2 quais alterações nos pés estariam associadas às características demográficas, clínicas, bioquímicas e de tratamento e quais delas aumentariam o risco de mortalidade. MÉTODOS Estudo longitudinal retrospectivo que avaliou as alteraç...

Úlcera do pé diabético: manejo clínico adjuvante

Objetivos: A úlcera do pé diabético é uma complicação comum do Diabetes Mellitus associada a altos custos e longos prazos de tratamento. Sendo assim, é fundamental conhecer terapias adjuvantes que podem melhorar os desfechos desses pacientes. Métodos: Foi realizada uma busca na base MEDLINE sobre...

Adherencia terapéutica y factores influyentes en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2
Therapeutic adherence and influencing factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Introducción: la baja adherencia al tratamiento constituye un problema para el control de la diabetes mellitus. Es una enfermedad presente por su impacto en el cuadro de morbilidad y mortalidad del país y la provincia de Pinar del Río. Objetivo: identificar los niveles de la adherencia terapéutica y ...