objective: diabetes mellitus and thyroid disease are the two common endocrinopathies seen in adult population. studies to evaluate thyroid disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes are lacking. the aim of this study was to compare prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and autoim-munity in type 2 diabetic patients with age and sex matched non-diabetic control group. material and methods: among pati...

background: diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) is the final consequence and life-threatening complication of severe insulin deficiency in type 1 diabetes with occurrence of 20-40%. the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of dka and its consequences. methods: this retrospective study was performed on 128 diabetic patients in amirkola children’s hospital in 2005-2...

objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic disorders which have several oral complications such as hypofunction of salivary glands. the aim of present study was to compare the unstimulated whole saliva (uws) flow rate in diabetic type ii patients and healthy peoples who admitted in yazd diabetic center. materials and methods: in this analytic-observational study, 78 patien...

introduction: myocardial infarction (mi) is the most prevalent disorder causing a high mortality rate. in patients, chest pain is a common compliant, but sometimes it occurs without pain. painless infarction may occur in diabetic patients. it is believed that infarction without and with slight pain, is more possible in diabetic patients due to autonomic neuropathy. consequently, these patients ...

people with diabetes mellitus have a high risk of anxiety and stress and anxiety is higher in patients with diabetes who have long-term complication. the aim of this study was to assess and compare the prevalence of anxiety and stress in diabetic patients with and without complication attending to diabetes clinic of ebn sina hospital of delfan, iran. in this descriptive-comparative study, 239 t...

conclusions our findings revealed that the severity of coronary artery stenosis is common in diabetic patients compared to nondiabetics. early diagnosis and treatment of cad in diabetic patients is recommended. results based on data found in our study, 93.8% of diabetic and 83.4% of nondiabetic patients were shown to suffer coronary artery stenosis. severe involvement (grade 3vd) of coronary ar...

accumulating evidence suggest that in patients with diabetes mellitus, increased rate of lipoprotein oxidation and oxidative stress have important role in diabetic angiopathy, including nephropathy. to evaluate the association of oxidized low- density lipoprotein (ox-ldl) with the development of diabetic nephropathy, plasma level of ox-ldl were measured in 70 diabetic patients with macro and 63...

abstract introduction: diabetes increase salvia sugar and change its bacterial flora these changes destroy periodon-tal tissues. there are contravercies about affect of diabetes on periodontal tissues. in this study cpitn index that show intensity of periodontal damage was compared in insulin depended with healthy individual. methods and materials: in this study 132 cpitn index measured in 132 ...