background : diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with a worldwide prevalence and its complications can be prevented with close monitoring of blood glucose. quality of blood glucose monitoring utilizing glucometers in iranian hospitalized patients has not been well published in the literature. we evaluated the accuracy and consistency of the results of two devices compared with the standard l...

background: the use of nanotechnology has led to rapid growth in various areas. thus, health and safety issues of nanoparticles (nps) should be promptly addressed. manganese oxide (mno2) nanoparticles (nps) are typically used for biomedical and industrial applications. however, characterizing the potential human health effects of mno2 nps is required before fully exploiting these materials. the...

background and objective: the reliability and validity of monitors for self-monitoring of blood glucose are debated. we evaluated the analytical performance of accu-check active (boehringer mannheim, roche) which is one of the most commonly used monitors in iran. material and methods: we compared the monitor readings with the reference values by percentage of values within certain intervals of...

conclusions we have demonstrated that ibgms, while not reaching statistical significance, may be associated with slightly reduced a1c and cost due to visiting physicians. results there is a trend of lowered total cost in the intervention group compared to the control group. the control group spent $210.89 per year on visits to physicians; the intervention group spent $131.26 (p = 0.128). patien...

background: people who use home blood glucose monitors may use their mobile phones in the close vicinity of medical devices. this study is aimed at investigating the effect of the signal strength of 900 mhz gsm mobile phones on the accuracy of home blood glucose monitors. methods: sixty non-diabetic volunteer individuals aged 21 - 28 years participated in this study. blood samples were analyzed...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relative effectiveness of interventions with self-monitoring blood glucose and self-monitoring of urine glucose, versus interventions without self-monitoring, in terms of HbA(1c) reductions in type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS Thirteen published full reports on randomised controlled trials investigating the effects of self-monitoring glucose were identified by a syst...

background and aims. a high number of patients with periodontitis may have undiagnosed diabetes. it is possible that gingival crevicular blood from routine periodontal probing may be a source of blood for glucose measurements. the aim of this study was to compare gingival crevicular blood and fingerstick blood glucose measurements using a self-monitoring device with the standard laboratory plas...