THE RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
M.R. Rahmetova ◽  

Purpose: to study the influence of risk factors on the development of cardiovascular complications in patients with diabetes mellitus and to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment depending on the effect of certain factors. Materials and methods. Westudied 23 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with chronic cardiovascular complications, who were prescribed long-term therapy for diabetes and cardiovascular complications. Patients were offered questionnaires with questions about the prescribed treatment, the actual treatment received and the reasons for the violation of the recommendations.

2000 ◽  
Vol 319 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Kitabchiphd Abbas E. ◽  
Elizabeth Kaminska ◽  
Joseph N. Fisher ◽  
Amy Sherman ◽  
Pitts Kathy ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 319 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas E. Kitabchi ◽  
Elizabeth Kaminska ◽  
Joseph N. Fisher ◽  
Amy Sherman ◽  
Kathy Pitts ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aynur Gulcan ◽  
Erim Gulcan ◽  
Sukru Oksuz ◽  
Idris Sahin ◽  
Demet Kaya

Background: We sought to determine the frequency of toenail onychomycosis in diabetic patients, to identify the causative agents, and to evaluate the epidemiologic risk factors. Methods: Data regarding patients’ diabetic characteristics were recorded by the attending internal medicine clinician. Clinical examinations of patients’ toenails were performed by a dermatologist, and specimens were collected from the nails to establish the onycomycotic abnormality. All of the specimens were analyzed by direct microscopy and culture. Results: Of 321 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, clinical onychomycosis was diagnosed in 162; 41 of those diagnoses were confirmed mycologically. Of the isolated fungi, 23 were yeasts and 18 were dermatophytes. Significant correlations were found between the frequency of onychomycosis and retinopathy, neuropathy, obesity, family history, and duration of diabetes. However, no correlation was found with sex, age, educational level, occupation, area of residence, levels of hemoglobin A1c and fasting blood glucose, and nephropathy. The most frequently isolated agents from clinical specimens were yeasts. Conclusions: Long-term control of glycemia to prevent chronic complications and obesity and to promote education about the importance of foot and nail care should be essential components in preventing onychomycosis and its potential complications, such as secondary foot lesions, in patients with diabetes mellitus. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 101(1): 49–54, 2011)


Author(s):  
Murray B Gordon ◽  
Kellie L Spiller

Summary Long-acting pasireotide is an effective treatment option for acromegaly, but it is associated with hyperglycemia, which could impact its use in patients with diabetes. We present a case of a 53-year-old man with acromegaly and type 2 diabetes mellitus (glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c): 7.5%), who refused surgery to remove a pituitary macroadenoma and enrolled in a Phase 3 clinical trial comparing long-acting pasireotide and long-acting octreotide in acromegalic patients. The patient initially received octreotide, but insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels remained elevated after 12 months (383.9 ng/mL; 193.0 ng/mL; reference range: 86.5–223.8 ng/mL), indicating uncontrolled acromegaly. He switched to pasireotide 40 mg and subsequently increased to 60 mg. Within 6 months, IGF-1 levels normalized (193.0 ng/mL), and they were mostly normal for the next 62 months of treatment with pasireotide (median IGF-1: 190.7 ng/mL). Additionally, HbA1c levels remained similar to or lower than baseline levels (range, 6.7% to 7.8%) during treatment with pasireotide despite major changes to the patient’s antidiabetic regimen, which included insulin and metformin. Uncontrolled acromegaly can result in hyperglycemia due to an increase in insulin resistance. Despite having insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes, the patient presented here did not experience a long-term increase in HbA1c levels upon initiating pasireotide, likely because long-term control of acromegaly resulted in increased insulin sensitivity. This case highlights the utility of long-acting pasireotide to treat acromegaly in patients whose levels were uncontrolled after long-acting octreotide and who manage diabetes with insulin. Learning points Long-acting pasireotide provided adequate, long-term biochemical control of acromegaly in a patient with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes mellitus who was unresponsive to long-acting octreotide. Glycemic levels initially increased after starting treatment with pasireotide but quickly stabilized as acromegaly became controlled. Long-acting pasireotide, along with an appropriate antidiabetic regimen, may be a suitable therapy for patients with acromegaly who also have insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes mellitus.


2011 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
O K Vikulova

Intensive control of glycemia starting from the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is of primary importance for the long-term prognosis of the disease and the reduction of risk of cardiovascular complications. The strategy of early intensive therapy of DM2 thus far remains a matter of fierce dispute among diabetologists. The problem of choice of an optimal regime for the start of insulin therapy does not have an unambiguous solution either. Hypoglycemia is the main factor that traditionally hampers wide application of insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The choice in favour of basal therapy with insulin analogs has the advantage of reaching the target parameters of carbohydrate metabolism at a significantly lower risk of hypoglycemia compared with other strategies of insulin therapy.


2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Dobjanschi ◽  
Rucsandra Dănciulescu Miulescu

AbstractWomen with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an increased lifetime risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). GDM has a substantial impact on maternal and foetal short and long-term health. Risk factors for GDM may be genetic or nongenetic and have been analysed in numerous studies. Researches in recent years allowed the identification of other risk factors for GDM except for those already known. Knowledge and identification of all risk factors for GDM allows the elaboration of a prevention strategy of T2DM, it may influence the screening, diagnosis, and, subsequently, treatment modalities for this disease.


2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo D. Pimentel ◽  
Kátia C. Portero-Mclellan ◽  
Érick P. Oliveira ◽  
Ana P.M. Spada ◽  
Marie Oshiiwa ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document