fifty six episodes of dka occurred in 33 patients during the period between 1998 -96. these patients were admitted and treated in bahrami children hospital, a tehran university teaching medical center. the most frequent clinical manifestations consisted of polyuria and polydipsia (66%), nausea and vomiting (64%), reduction in consciousness (53%), and kussmaul respiration (53.5%). 54.6% of dka e...

background: transforming growth factor-beta (tgf-β) activation appears to be crucial for tissue injury in diabetic nephropathy (dn). fibromodulin, the small leucine-rich proteoglycan, has been proposed to be the potent tgf-β modulator. in this study, the therapeutic effects of fibromodulin in the kidneys of streptozotocin (stz)-induced diabetic rats were investigated. methods: diabetic rats rec...

how can patient learn to control their diabetes? the author believes that this important work happen by right training of reporting. since accurate reporting in the nursing profession is a skill, have you ever though that you teach this skill to their patients?   reporting about people with chronic disease especially diabetes is beneficial for the following reasons: determination dose of insuli...

objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine diseases with micro-vascular complications and is a common cause of polyneuropathy. we studied the effect of enalapril on electrophysiologic criteria and clinical symptoms of patients with type ii diabetes and sensory neuropathy. materials and methods: a double blind study was conducted on 45 patients with type ii diabetes and neu...

background in vitro evidence shows that immune function is compromised in people with diabetes. therefore, infections are more common and infection-related mortality is higher in this group. accurate information about the prevalence of infectious diseases in diabetic patients can help in health care policy and support planning. we do not know the spectrum of clinical infectious diseases in our ...

- to compare colonization of group b streptococcus (gbs) in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women. in this prospective study 50 pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (both pregestational and gestational) and 43 pregnant women without diabetes between 33 and 37 weeks' gestation were evaluated. three samples for group b streptococcal culture detection were obtained from each subject in the fol...

background and aims: diabetic nephropathy (dn) is the most common cause of end-stage renal failure which could increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and morbidity and mortality in patients. the aim of this study was to investigate new modalities for treatment of diabetic nephropathy. methods:this study was a mini-review research to investigate drugs that are used for dn treatment. results...

purpose: to evaluate the association between hyperlipidemia with severity of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type i diabetes mellitus referred to the eye clinic at imam khomeini hospital, ahvaz, iran. methods: this observational cross-sectional study included 52 patients with type i diabetes mellitus. fasting blood samples for analysis of serum lipids and hba1c were obtained from all pati...

objective: this research was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (dr) in patients who were unaware of their eye condition. materials and methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was performed in a 12-month period on patients who were referred to meybod imam sadegh diabetes center. 152 patients who had no eye complaint were selected. pupil dilation was created by cyc...