This article describes the development of Potentially Preventable Complications (PPCs), a new method that uses a present on admission (POA) indicator to identify in-hospital complications among secondary diagnoses that arise after admission. Analyses that used PPCs to obtain risk-adjusted complication rates for California hospitals showed that (1) the POA indicator is essential for identifying ...

The development of skin manifestations of diabetes affects up to two thirds of patients with both types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. Cutaneous manifestations of diabetes occur because of the microvascular complications of diabetes, impaired wound healing, and other yet undetermined mechanisms. This article summarizes the most frequent skin findings in patients with diabetes, and proposes treatmen...

OBJECTIVE To examine secular trends in diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations among adults with diabetes in the U.S. from 1998 to 2006. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used nationally representative data from the National Inpatient Sample to identify diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations. Based on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Prevention Quality Indicators, we...

background: today, the quality of life (qol) studies have an important role in public health care, especially among the old adults suffering from chronic diseases such as diabetes. diabetes and its complications can widely affect various aspects of qol. therefore, the present study aimed to assess diabetic patients’ qol and identify the factors that affect it.   methods: a cross-sectional study...

background and aims. diabetic patients display an increased risk of oral disorders, and oral health related quality of life (ohrql) might affect their management and treatment modalities. the aim of the present study was to determine ohrql and associated parameters in patients with diabetes. materials and methods. in this study two hundred patients were recruited from the diabetes clinic in mus...

Diabetes mellitus is a rapidly increasing chronic disease associated with complications resulting in long-term damage and failure of various organ systems. In Ethiopia, there dearth evidence on the prevalence Diabetic complications.

OBJECTIVE In this study, we examined trends in severe diabetes-related complications (acute myocardial infarction, stroke, lower extremity amputation, and end-stage renal disease) and prevalence of multiple complications in a total population with diabetes in Finland during an 18-year period. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The total population with diabetes aged 30 years or older in 1994-2011 wa...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the complication burden in later years among early onset type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). AIM To determine the magnitude of diabetes complications and adequacy of risk factor management and to test the hypothesis that diabetes duration is an important contributing factor to these complications. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of secondary care diabetes popula...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to describe how diabetes complications influence the health-related quality of life of individuals with diabetes using the individual EQ-5D dimensions and the EQ-5D index. METHODS We mailed a questionnaire to 1,000 individuals with diabetes type 1 and 2 in Norway. The questionnaire had questions about socio-demographic characteristics, use of health care, ...