conclusions according to the results, hearing impairment in high frequency sounds was more common in the diabetics than the healthy individuals. also, the severity of hearing loss in patients with diabetes was associated with the levels of creatinine (diabetic nephropathy). the hypothesis of the relationship between diabetes and hearing loss through nephropathy should be more examined in future...

conclusions this investigation revealed that berberis fruit extract has beneficial metabolic effects in patients with type ii diabetes. barberry may improve glucose catabolism via glycolysis pathway, stimulate insulin secretion or improve insulin function and finally decrease glucose uptake. our results indicated that berberis fruit regulates glucose metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes....

results according to the results there is a significant statistical difference between average numbers of models before and after educational intervention (p < 0.001). also hba1c and fbs after educational intervention were lower (p < 0001). conclusions applying the hbm model proved is very effective in developing an educational program for diabetics, to control their blood sugar. besides such p...

conclusions finally, based on the results obtained in this study, it can be concluded that the awareness of mothers of t1dm children has a good impact on blood sugar control, whereas the ses of families has no direct effect on blood sugar control. additionally, ses can indirectly impact on the consciousness of mothers and lead to the reduction of hba1c. results mothers’ mean knowledge score was...

in an attempt to determine the clinical value of frnctosamine assay for monitoring type ii diabetic patients, correlation of frnctosamine with glycosylated hemoglobin was studied. 100 patients with type ii diabetes mcllitus were compared with 100 normal subjects. fasting blood glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, albumin and frnctosamine were measured in alt subjects. in the diabetic patients, a s...

Mauro Panteghini* and W. Garry John on behalf of the IFCC Scientific Division 1 Centre for Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME), University of Milan, Milan, Italy 2 Department of Clinical Sciences ‘‘Luigi Sacco’’, University of Milan, Milan, Italy 3 Clinical Biochemistry, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, and School of Medicine Health Policy and Practice, UEA, Norwich...

background: reports on the determinants of morbidity in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) have focused on outcome measures such as length of postoperative stay in the intensive care unit (icu). we proposed that major comorbidities in the icu hampered the prognostic effect of other weaker but important preventable risk factors with effect on patients’ length of hospitalization. so we a...

conclusions apc referral for elevated hba1c reduces complication rate and the incidence of prolonged hospitalization during the first year after surgery in diabetics undergoing tja. results patients (197 men, 6 women) underwent 71, 131, and 1 total hip, knee, and shoulder replacements, respectively. patients undergoing tja with uncontrolled hba1c and those with hba1c < 10%, but not those with h...