Diabetes Mellitus
Major Potential of Diet Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
The therapeutic challenge for nutrition for type 2 diabetes is not only for glucose control, but to improve…
Does Pregnancy Accelerate the Rate of Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy?
Pregnancy may be associated with several ocular changes, including the development of new ocular conditions or modifications of…
Factors Associated with Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in Pregnancy
Various factors influence the progression of diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy. They include the pregnant state itself, duration of…
Long-Term Effects of Pregnancy on Diabetic Retinopathy
As mentioned previously, diabetic retinopathy has a high regression rate in the end of pregnancy or in the…
The Discovery of Type 1 Diabetes
The etiological heterogeneity of idiopathic diabetes has been recognized for 25 years, and subdivision into type 1 and…
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is carbohydrate intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. This diagnosis is independent…
Diabetes and hypertension—Australian Diabetes Society position statement
Over the last decade there has been increasing interest in the clinical association between hypertension and diabetes. Although…
Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Presentation, Laboratory findings, and Diagnosis
The onset of type 1 diabetes is usually abrupt whereas type 2 diabetes is often present for years…
Clinical Trials in type 2 Diabetes
While patients with type 2 were not studied in the DCCT, the eye, kidney, and nerve abnormalities are…
Diabetes Mellitus Differential Diagnosis
A. HYPERGLYCEMIA SECONDARY TO OTHER CAUSES
Secondary hyperglycemia has been associated with various disorders of insulin…
Clinical Trials in Diabetes
A fundamental controversy regarding whether diabetic microangiopathy is related exclusively to the existence and duration of hyperglycemia or…
Diabetes Mellitus Laboratory findings
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Urinalysis
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a. Glucosuria - A specific and convenient method to detect glucosuria is…
Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Findings
Patients with type 1 diabetes have a characteristic symptom complex. An absolute deficiency of insulin results in accumulation…
Insulin Resistance Syndrome (Syndrome X; Metabolic Syndrome)
Twenty-five percent of the general nonobese nondiabetic population has insulin resistance of a magnitude similar to that seen…
