Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) is the end result of a number of conditions that affect the hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal system. The known causes include germinoma/craniopharyngioma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), local inflammatory, autoimmune or vascular diseases, trauma resulting from surgery or an accident, sarcoidosis, metastases and midline cerebral and cranial malformations. In r...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are limited data from Taiwan about the accuracy of National Health Insurance (NHI) claims data. This study assessed the accuracy of NHI claims data for diabetes and its associated factors. METHODS Insurance claims data for patients with a diagnosis of diabetes were extracted from the records of the Bureau of National Health Insurance, including detailed files of t...

AIMS The purpose was to elucidate the association between parity and the incidence of diabetes using national register data. METHODS The study population consisted of all Danish women with a singleton delivery in 1982/1983 (n = 100,669), who subsequently had 74,966 deliveries. The included women were followed up via registries until the end of 2006 for subsequent deliveries, diagnosis of diab...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common diagnoses made by family physicians. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to blindness, limb amputation, kidney failure, and vascular and heart disease. Screening patients before signs and symptoms develop leads to earlier diagnosis and treatment, but may not reduce rates of end-organ damage. Randomized trials show that screening for type 2 diabetes does no...

Despite recent attempts at building consensus, an internationally consistent definition of gestational diabetes mellitus remains elusive. Within and between countries there is disagreement between obstetric, medical and endocrine groups as to the diagnosis and management of GDM. The current article aims to discuss the background to the controversy of GDM diagnosis and to address issues related ...

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome is one of the most commen hyper androgenic disorders affecting women, its prevalence being estimated at 5% – 10%. Our goal was to survey abnormal glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and incidence of diabetes type 2 in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Materials and methods: This investigation is a descriptive – analytic study which is done to su...

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the role of therapeutic toy as a tool for nursing diagnosis in setting care child with diabetes. Method: qualitative multiple-case study conducted children diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes mellitus and living inland Paraná. The data were collected 2018 through interviews, field diary sessions using toy. Nursing diagnoses elaborated according North American Diagnosis Asso...

continuous telemetric ecg monitoring     soltanzadeh l 1 , taheria 2 , reabiee m 3 *     received: 29 may , 2013 accepted: 9 aug , 2013     abstract   background & aims : diabetes mellitus is becoming a major public health problem. telecare can improve the quality of diabetes care by altering the caring environment and care delivery process.   the electrocardiogram (ecg) is the recording of the...

An assessment of the risk or diagnosis of diabetes in a random sample of 386 adult border residents found 46% obese, 12% at risk for diabetes, and 18% diagnosed with diabetes. While obesity was associated with greater diabetes risk, > 50% of obese adults reported not being told of their diabetes risk. Independent of other characteristics, boomers were at increased risk (OR 3.88) for diabetes. C...

INTRODUCTION Moderate-intensity physical activity is recommended for individuals with diabetes to control glucose and prevent diabetes-related complications. The extent to which a diabetes diagnosis motivates patients to increase physical activity is unclear. This study used data from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (baseline data collected from 1993 to 1998) to examine change...