quantitative dengue test: is it practical for clinical practice?

Quantitative Dengue Test: Is it Practical for Clinical Practice?

Point: a glucose tolerance test is important for clinical practice.

Important for Clinical Practice There is no doubt that clinical, symptomatic diabetes is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. It has also been shown that the risk is graded across the entire range of hyperglycemia (1,2). However, it has been debated during the last decades whether asymptomatic, unrecognized diabetes, or even a lesser degree of hyperglycemia, i...

Adaptation of a clinical practice guideline for Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT)

Abstract: Introduction: Excessive daytime sleepiness is related to significant morbidity and mortality in either the patients or others. Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) is designed to evaluate the ability to maintenance of wakefulness in standard conditions of the test. Regarding the diversity of MWT protocols, and the importance of unification of them in Iran, this clinical practice gui...

Sitagliptin: Is It Effective in Routine Clinical Practice?

Aim. The present study was conducted to determine the glycaemic effects of sitagliptin in type 2 diabetes patients. Methods. Data was collected from patient medical records of a major teaching hospital in Malaysia, from 2009 to 2012. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values prior to and up to 12 months after the initiation of sitagliptin were analysed. The change in HbA1c values was accounted for bas...

[Is it possible to control dengue?].

1. Setor de Epidemiologia de Doenças Infecto-Contagiosas, Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. 2. Setor de Doenças Transmissíveis e Imunopreveníveis, Secretaria Estadual de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Endereço para correspondência: Dr. Fernando Portela Câmara. Setor de Epidemiologia de Doenças Infecto-Contagiosas...

HbA1c screening for new onset diabetes following acute coronary syndrome: is it a worthwhile test in clinical practice?

BACKGROUND Diabetes and pre-diabetes are prevalent in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and relate to adverse outcomes. This study used HbA1c to screen for degrees of glucose intolerance amongst patients without known diabetes presenting with ACS. METHODS Over a 1-year period (June 2014-2015) consecutive patients admitted to a single centre cardiology unit with an initial diagnosis of ACS without...