Background: New findings point out that the mechanism of formation of the hernias can be related to the collagenous tissues, under activity of aggressive agents such as the tobacco, alcohol and diabetes. Aim: To analyze the collagen present in the cremaster muscle in patients with inguinal hernias, focusing the effect of tobacco, alcohol, and diabetes. Methods: Fifteen patients with ingu...

Gestational diabetes mellitus is defined as carbohydrate intolerance of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. It has been shown that the risk of adverse maternal, foetal, and neonatal outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus is related to the degree of glucose intolerance and/or hyperglycaemia; gestational diabetes mellitus also has long-term sequelae for both the...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is common during pregnancy. this survey was designed based on the frequency of gdm among an urban population according to the american diabetes association (ada) and the international association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups (iadpsg) criteria.   methods : we included all pregnant women who were admitted to a gynecology clinic from septem...

abstract background and purpose: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is the most common metabolic disorder in pregnancy. it was known one of the complications of this period. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some risk factors with gdm in pregnant women in zahedan, iran. materials and methods: in a descriptive-analytical study, 70 pregnant women with gdm and 140 ...

In this experiment, we established an animal model of gestational diabetes mellitus rats using streptozotocin. Using the rat model of GDM, the pregnant rats in 1-19d were divided into three groups: (1) Zuogui Wan gestational diabetes mellitus group (group I, n = 12), (2) gestational diabetes mellitus rats as the control group (group II, n = 11), and (3) rats of normal pregnancy group (group III...

Resumo Objetivo Investigar a adesão medicamentosa no Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 entre transplantados renais e não transplantados. Métodos Estudo comparativo pacientes assistidos Centro de (Grupo 1 sem transplante renal) Ambulatório Pós-Transplante Renal do Hospital Rim da Hipertensão com renal), ambos na cidade São Paulo. A amostra foi composta por maiores 18 anos, diagnóstico diabete prévio em u...

objective: there are some metabolic similarities between women with gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) and polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos); it is still uncertain, however, to what extent coexistence gdm and pcos affects pregnancy outcome. the present study was designed to determine the obstetric and neonatal outcome in pcos with gdm. materials and methods: a case-control study was conducted i...