Concentrations of the stable antiaggregatory prostacyclin metabolite 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha) and of the proaggregatory thromboxane A2 metabolite thromboxane B2 were measured by radioimmunoassay in plasma from 53 diabetics. In 33 of these patients the ability of platelets to produce thromboxane B2 during spontaneous clotting was also studied. Plasma 6-keto-PGF1 alpha co...

Aims. Preoperative diabetic and glycemic screening may or may not be cost effective. Although hyperglycemia is known to compromise surgical outcomes, the effect of a diabetic diagnosis on outcomes is poorly known. We examine the effect of diabetes on outcomes for general and vascular surgery patients. Methods. Data were collected from the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative for general or v...

Erythrocyte deformability was studied in a total of 83 poorly controlled diabetics (mean blood glucose 12.2 mmol/l) who were divided into three groups, each with matched healthy controls. There was no appreciable difference between diabetics and matched controls regarding the filtration of erythrocytes through 3 micron diameter straight channel pores (25 diabetics) or tortuous channel pores (28...

We aimed to validate prognostic value of elevated admission blood glucose (ABG) for clinical outcomes in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in a representative large cohort. Data of ICH patients with onset time ≤24 h were derived from the China National Stroke Registry. Clinical outcomes included 3-month poor outcome (death or dependency) and death. Logistic ...

A questionnaire survey of 40 Asian and 31 British non-insulin dependent diabetics attending a hospital clinic showed that both groups remembered receiving education about diabetes (90%) but Asian diabetics knew less about glucose monitoring and diabetic complications. Asians also had a more negative attitude towards the clinic, feeling they were made to wait longer than the British. They were f...

Diabetic patients may have significant reduction in lung functions as chronic hyperglycemia in Type two Diabetes Mellitus (T2 DM) is associated with continuing damage, dysfunction, and failure of various organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, lungs and blood vessels. This study was carried out on One hundred T2 DM patients, age between 30-70 years of either gender who were subject...

A study of the complex relationships between the patient characteristics, family and environmental influences, physician's behaviour and the demands of the disease with its management in Juvenile Diabetics was taken up at a general hospital.90 subjects were selected for the study and grouped into three. Group A consisted of 30 Juvenile Diabetics, Group B of 30 Adult Diabetics and Group C of 30 ...

Objectives: This study aimed at evaluating and comparing the values of Endothelial Cell Density (ECD) Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) among Type 2 Diabetic cases Non-Diabetics. It also finding correlation between ECD CCT with diabetes duration, Random Blood Sugar (RBS) levels, more severe stages Retinopathy (DR) in diabetic subjects. Design: Comparative Cross-sectional. Study Setting Duration: ...

The average value for total cholesterol in the healthy population of Okinawa was significantly higher than that of Kyushu, but there were no differences in triglyceride levels. It is presumed that the difference in cholesterol levels was due to a 10 g difference in fat intake. The average values for total cholesterol and triglycerides in diabetics before treatment in both Kyushu and Okinawa wer...

Ia 103 diabetics simultaneous measurements of serum copper and ceruloplasmin were made, together with the determination of glucose, cholesterol and monoamine oxidase. These diabetics were divided ia two groups: 53 had a diagnosis made iess than two years ago, and 50 had diabetes diagnosed for more than 10 years. A contrcil group consisted in 50 normal individuaIs. Copper and ceruloplasmin of di...