Diabetes Complications
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Diabetes mellitus and long-term outcome in heart failure patients after surgical ventricular restoration.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the impact of diabetes mellitus and related comorbidities on long-term survival of heart failure patients who had undergone surgical ventricular restoration. Surgical ventricular restoration is an optional ... Read more...

Laparoscopic-assisted treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring suprarenal cross-clamping.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) was previously employed to treat patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA). The use of HALS for juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (JAAA) has never been validated. In this study, ... Read more...

Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalence.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: While recent data indicate that stroke prevalence in women at midlife is double that of similarly aged men in the United States, little is known about current sex-specific trends in symptomatic cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Diabetes Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV/AIDS and diabetes: minimizing risk, optimizing care. 29 Nov 2009
• Diabetes mellitus and long-term outcome in heart failure patients after surgical ventricular restoration. 30 Oct 2009
• Laparoscopic-assisted treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring suprarenal cross-clamping. 30 Oct 2009
• ALLHAT findings revisited in the context of subsequent analyses, other trials, and meta-analyses. 24 Oct 2009
• Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalence. 24 Oct 2009
• Multimorbidity: another key issue for cardiovascular medicine. 22 Oct 2009
• Variation in event rates in trials of patients with type 2 diabetes. 19 Oct 2009
• The ECG in diabetes mellitus. 18 Oct 2009
• Repeated bacteremia with subsequent septic arthritis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae capsular serotype K57 in a patient with diabetes. 13 Oct 2009
• Risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes of listeriosis in solid-organ transplant recipients: a matched case-control study. 13 Oct 2009
• Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with diabetes mellitus as a predictor of coronary artery disease. 13 Oct 2009
• Statins for the prevention and treatment of infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 10 Oct 2009
• Adherence to antihypertensive medications and cardiovascular morbidity among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. 3 Oct 2009
• Early progression of the autonomic dysfunction observed in pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus. 3 Oct 2009
• A better future for children with type 1 diabetes: Review of the conclusions from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications study. 29 Sep 2009
• The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on the number of cerebral microemboli and the incidence of cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Childhood and teenage stroke. 29 Sep 2009
• [Hypertension in diabetes mellitus] 25 Sep 2009
• Association of LDL cholesterol and inflammation with cardiovascular events and mortality in hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. 23 Sep 2009
• Restoring erectile function by antioxidant therapy in diabetic rats. 15 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Diabetes Complications'

Definition: Conditions or pathological processes associated with the disease of diabetes mellitus. Due to the impaired control of BLOOD GLUCOSE level in diabetic patients, pathological processes develop in numerous tissues and organs including the EYE, the KIDNEY, the BLOOD VESSELS, and the NERVE TISSUE.

Descriptor UI: D048909

Alternative terms: Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Complication; Diabetes-Related Complications; Diabetes Related Complications; Diabetes-Related Complication; Diabetic Complications; Diabetic Complication; Complications of Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus Complication; Diabetes Mellitus Complications;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C19.246.099;

History Note: 2005

Technical Notes: general only; prefer /compl with specific type of diabetes + specific complication: Manual 23.25.3.1