Presence of microalbuminuria in diabetes mellitus is one of the diagnostic indicator of diabetic cochleopathy. The aim of this study is to study the significance of microalbuminuria in deafness in type-2 diabetes mellitus & to correlate between microalbuminuria and cochleopathy in type-2 diabetes mellitus. The study was conducted in a sample of 100 diabetic patients attending diabetic outpatien...

background: this study aimed to investigate the beneficial effects of angiotensin receptor blockers (arbs) on markers of endothelial function in patients with early stage of diabetic nephropathy (dn). methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 32 participants with iddm from january 2010 until may 2011 in isfahan, iran. the participants were candidate for receiving arbs or angiotensin‑...

Iron availability is critical to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The current authors determined sputum iron, ferritin, microalbumin levels and total cell counts (TCC) in 19 adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) during an acute exacerbation and repeated analyses following a median of 12 days antibiotic treatment. The current authors also determined sputum interleukin (IL)-1beta and tumour necrosis fa...

OBJECTIVE With performance-based reimbursement pressures, it is concerning that most performance measurements treat each condition in isolation, ignoring the complexities of patients with multiple comorbidities. We sought to examine the relationship between comorbidity and commonly assessed services for diabetic patients in a managed care organization. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In 6,032 dia...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of the insulin resistance syndrome with both blood pressure and target organ damage in blacks and whites with essential hypertension. Eighty-two black and 63 white French Canadian patients were studied. None had diabetes, and antihypertensive medications had been discontinued for >/=1 week. Measurements included 24-hour blood pressure mo...

BACKGROUND Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes for complete loss of vision among working-aged adults around the world. The present study aims to evaluate the rate of DR and its risk factors among the adults with young-onset diabetes from a tertiary care setting in Sri Lanka. METHODS A consecutive sample of 1,007 individuals referred from multiple centers, were invited for t...

BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus. Now-a-days, cystatin C (CysC) is introduced as a new marker for diagnosis of renal damages; however, use of this marker in clinical laboratories is still controversial. The present study was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum CysC for early detection or monitoring treatment of kidn...

BACKGROUND Neostigmine, the currently commonly used agent for reversal of neuromuscular blockade. Sugammadex is a novel and unique compound designed as an antagonist of steroidal neuromuscular blockers. In this study, we evaluated the effects of sugammadex or neostigmine on kidney functions in patients scheduled for elective surgery. MATERIAL/METHODS Patients scheduled for a surgical procedur...