A GENERAL review of the more important aspects of diabetes mellitus is desirable before proceeding to a consideration of the particular problem of the ocular complications. Diabetes mellitus, already a common disease, is likely to become more common in the future. It has been estimated that in the United States of America there are about 1 million diabetics and probably another million undiscov...

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Diabetes mellitus has become a serious and chronic metabolic disorder that results from complex interaction of genetic environmental factors, principally characterized by hyperglycemia, polyuria, polyphagia. Uncontrolled high blood sugar can result in host diabetic complications. Prolonged diabetes leads to complications some which are life-threatening. The prevalence patients is rising at epid...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a method of evaluating the function of vascular endothelial cells and is utilized for early diagnosis of atherosclerotic diseases. Only a few studies evaluated the risks for major vascular complications in youth with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus from the aspect of the early development of atherosclerosis. We studied whether the...

Respected on both sides of the Atlantic for questioning the tenets underlying the pathophysiology of diabetes and its complications, Trevor Orchard continues to influence the fields of epidemiology and medicine. With a self-effacing style that might be described as typically British, he remains provocative and prominent among the research community. An Englishman educated in Wales and living in...

In patients with type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death, 45% and 52%, respectively. In particular, diabetes mellitus is associated with microand macrovascular complications resulting in coronary heart disease and increased morbidity and mortality. Similarly, patients with diabetes mellitus are at high risk for peripheral arteria...

PURPOSE Diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disorder caused by an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin, is a debilitating and costly disease with multiple serious complications. Lower urinary tract complications are among the most common complications of diabetes mellitus. The most common, bothersome lower urinary tract complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic cystopathy or diabetic bladd...

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...

Cardiac complication is a leading cause of death in the perioperative period after non-cardiac surgery. The present study retrospectively investigated perioperative cardiac complications after spinal fusion surgery in 901 consecutive adult patients who underwent fusion surgery in the lumbar spine from January 2005 to December 2006. Cardiac complications developed in seven patients (0.8%), four ...