Diabetes Mellitus
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with diabetes mellitus as a predictor of coronary artery disease.

13 Oct 2009 Identification of asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a challenge. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been proposed as a surrogate marker for CAD but only limited data ... Read more...

Diabetes, metabolic abnormalities, and glaucoma.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of diabetes mellitus and metabolic abnormalities with intraocular pressure and glaucoma. METHODS: A population-based study was conducted in 3280 (78.7% response) Malay adults aged 40 to 80 years. Diabetes was ... Read more...

Normoglycemia in nondiabetic African Americans hospitalized with heart failure.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: In nondiabetic patients hospitalized with multiorgan failure, neurohormonal activation can lead to stress-induced hyperglycemia (>140 mg/dL), as could Mg(2+) and Zn(2+) deficiencies. However, it is currently uncertain whether nondiabetic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Diabetes Mellitus'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV/AIDS and diabetes: minimizing risk, optimizing care. 29 Nov 2009
• Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with diabetes mellitus as a predictor of coronary artery disease. 13 Oct 2009
• Trends in medication use among US adults with diabetes mellitus: glycemic control at the expense of controlling cardiovascular risk factors. 10 Oct 2009
• Diabetes, metabolic abnormalities, and glaucoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Normoglycemia in nondiabetic African Americans hospitalized with heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• 2009 Presidential Address: mentoring ... touching the future. 29 Sep 2009
• Mycobacterial antigen-induced T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 reactivity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from diabetic and non-diabetic tuberculosis patients and Mycobacterium bovis bacilli Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated healthy subjects. 29 Sep 2009
• Patient-centered care: what is the best measuring stick? 26 Sep 2009
• The benefits of risk factor prevention in Americans aged 51 years and older. 15 Sep 2009
• Role of renin-angiotensin system blockade in patients with diabetes mellitus. 13 Sep 2009
• Comment on "Spontaneous autoimmunity sufficiently potent to induce diabetes mellitus is insufficient to protect against insulinoma". 13 Sep 2009
• Common immune-related risk factors and incident non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the multiethnic cohort. 13 Sep 2009
• Perioperative risk predictors of cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing liver transplantation surgery. 12 Sep 2009
• [When eating becomes a disease - Binge-eating-disorder as comorbid eating disorder in obesity - Case 07/2009] 8 Sep 2009
• Access to bariatric surgery and patients with diabetes. 7 Sep 2009
• Fad diets in Sweden, of all places. 3 Sep 2009
• Strategies for improving low health literacy. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of Hispanic ethnicity in prevalence of diabetes mellitus in sleep apnea and relationship to sleep phase. 30 Aug 2009
• Structured patient education: the X-PERT Programme. 30 Aug 2009
• The effects of an incentive program on quality of care in diabetes management. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Diabetes Mellitus'

Definition: A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by HYPERGLYCEMIA and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE.

Descriptor UI: D003920

Alternative terms: Diabetes Mellitus;

Related Mesh Headings: Diabetes Insipidus; Diabetic Diet; Prediabetic State; Scleredema Adultorum; Glycosylation End Products, Advanced; Glucose Intolerance; Gastroparesis;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; 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: C18.452.394.750; C19.246;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; pregnancy of diabetic patients = PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS but do not confuse with DIABETES, GESTATIONAL: see note there; PREDIABETIC STATE is also available & includes subclinical diabetes; /diet ther: consider coord with DIABETIC DIET but see note there; alloxan- & streptozocin-induced diabetes: see note on DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL