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Diabetes Mellitus And Hypertension Are Common Comorbidities Among Covid-19 Hospitalized Patients In Egypt: A Single-Center Retrospective Study, Ashraf A. Askar, Esmail Osman, Mustafa A. Younis, Safaa Khalaf, Tamer Mohamed

Menoufia Medical Journal

Background Since the announcement of the COVID-19 catastrophic release in 2019, several studies had been conducted to investigate all the circumstances accompanied by or that have resulted from this viral infection. Objective The aim was to investigate the most common comorbidities and associated clinical risk factors among COVID-19 hospitalized patients admitted to Sohag Fever Hospital, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. Patients and methods In this study, 250 patients of those registered or admitted to Sohag Fever Hospital, Sohag Governorate, Egypt, were included during the pandemic COVID-19 period between October 2020 and February 2021. A total of 150 patients had positive PCR finding …

Self-Efficacy: Nurses’ Perceptions Of Caring For Patients Living With Diabetes, Victoria Y. Mccue

Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal

Introduction: Diabetes is an epidemic that affects over 415 million people worldwide. In the United States, the number of people diagnosed with diabetes is projected to triple to over 60 million by 2060. With this surge, the number of hospitalizations across the country has significantly increased. Direct care nurses play a vital role in the management of patients living with diabetes. The purpose of this research study was to explore and describe medical-surgical nurses’ perceptions of self-efficacy related to caring for patients living with diabetes. This study's guiding research question was: What are nurses’ perceptions on the influences that impact …

Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome Among Hypertensive Patients In Hadhramout, Republic Of Yemen, Rasheed Mohammed Bamekhlah, Hussain Saeed Alghazali

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among hypertensive patients. A crosssectional study conducted at Al-Rayan Specialized Hospital, Mukalla, Hadramout during (2/2015 - 4/2016). From 345 patients, 207 were diagnosed as metabolic syndrome (60%), with mean age (57.9±9.2) years was significantly higher than that of patients without the syndrome (44.7±6.6) years (p ˂0.0001). Females with the syndrome were significantly higher than males (67.6% and 32.4% respectively) compared with patients without, (p ˂0.0001). As Hypertension was present in all studied patients, diabetes was the commonest metabolic syndrome component in patients with the syndrome (79.2%), followed …

A Comparison Of High-Intensity Interval And Moderate Intensity Continuous Training On Glucose Regulation In Sedentary, Obese Individuals, Sophia R. Mirth, Brandon J. Sawyer, Dharini M. Bhammer, Glenn A. Gaesser

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

It is well known that exercise is beneficial in the prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) but the ideal type of training is not clear. PURPOSE: To compare the effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) on blood glucose regulation in sedentary, obese adults. METHODS: 22 sedentary, obese individuals were randomized into either HIIT or MICT. Each group exercised on a cycle ergometer 3 times/wk for 8 wks. The HIIT group performed 10, 1 min intervals at 90-95% HR_max with 1 min rest intervals in between. The MICT group performed 30 min of …

The Effects Of A Faith-Based Diabetes Program For African Americans, Pandora Goode

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to pilot test the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management program for African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) in a group format in a faith-based setting. The rationale for the study was to create appropriate diabetes education in response to the growing diabetes prevalence among African Americans. The investigator hypothesized that after completing a 12-week program, participants would have improved diabetes knowledge, self-management practices, hemoglobin A1C, and an increase in self-efficacy. By reaching these goals, this program would contribute to one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives of increasing the proportion of …

Pharmacy Students As Volunteer Medical Staff For American Diabetes Association Summer Camp, Emily Harvath

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

For children living with a diagnosis of diabetes, com-munity support and education about proper disease management are critical for the mental and physical health of the child and their family. The experiences offered at summer camps hosted by the American Diabetes Association address both of these needs for the pediatric diabetes community. These camps provide children with the opportunity to participate in a traditional camp experience—swimming, rock climbing, tubing, and more—while giving parents peace of mind in the knowledge that their child’s diabetes will be closely monitored by a team of health care professionals. During my time as volunteer medical …

Metformin Monotherapy Is An Effective Alternative For Management Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus In Patients Refusing Insulin Monotherapy, Tyler Russeth

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Ghomian N, Vahed SHM, Firouz S, Yaghoubi MA, Mohebbi M, Sahebkar A. The efficacy of metformin compared with insulin in regulating blood glucose levels during gestational diabetes mellitus: A randomized clinical trial. J Cell Physiol. 2019;234(4):4695-4701. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.27238

for a patient with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) who does not wish to undergo insulin monotherapy.

Lifestyle Intervention Is Superior To Metformin In Prevention Of Microvascular Complications Of Diabetes In Women, But Socioeconomic Barriers May Lead To Use Of Combination, Katanya C. Alaga, Jesse Haddad

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Long-term effects of lifestyle intervention or metformin on diabetes development and microvascular complications over 15-year follow-up: The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015;3(11):866-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00291-0

for a patient with pre-diabetes who is concerned about the prevention of microvascular complications through lifestyle intervention while managing her busy schedule as a traveling house cleaner.

Pre-Mixed Insulin Has A Similar Efficacy To Basal-Bolus Insulin In Reducing Hba1c Levels In Type 2 Diabetics, Rujuta Patil

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Fulcher G, Roberts A, Sinha A, Proietto J. What happens when patients require intensification from basal insulin? A retrospective audit of clinical practice for the treatment of type 2 diabetes from four Australian centres. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2015;108(3):405–413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2015.03.004

for a patient with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.

Evaluating A1c Reduction In Patients With Diabetes Receiving Pharmacy Intervention, Christopher R. Evans, Kirsten Held, Stephanie Thomas, Jeanne Spencer

Advances in Clinical Medical Research and Healthcare Delivery

Introduction: Diabetes affects 34 million Americans and is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) the A1c goal for most patients is less than 7%; however, in patients at risk for hypoglycemia or with complications that goal can be increased up to less than 8%. Management of diabetes with diet and exercise is essential, but insufficient for most patients and pharmacologic intervention is necessary to achieve therapeutic goals. Reducing A1c is associated with lower cardiovascular risk and a reduction in diabetes-associated complications. Previous studies have shown that pharmacist management of …

Review Of Sexual Health Issues Linked With Cardiovascular Disease And Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Males, Veronica Collins, Tamara J. Swann, Jane Burns, Tim Moss, Mick Adams

Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin

There are well established links between male sexual health conditions and chronic disease, particularly cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Erectile dysfunction (ED) and low testosterone are two sexual health conditions that are relatively common among the wider male population. However, there is a lack of data specifically about these sexual problems among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males.

One of the most important findings of research regarding the links between sexual health and chronic disease is that ED can be a risk marker for future CVD or undiagnosed T2DM. Understanding these links can lead to more holistic …

Starting Triple Oral Hypoglycemic Agent Therapy In Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Is A Suitable Therapeutic Strategy To Lower Hba1c When Insulin Therapy Is Not Desired, Mara A. Darian

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Søfteland E, Meier JJ, Vangen B, Toorawa R, Maldonado-Lutomirsky M, Broedl UC. Empagliflozin as Add-on Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled With Linagliptin and Metformin: A 24-Week Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group Trial. Diabetes Care. 2016;40(2):201-209. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc16-1347

for a patient with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes on metformin and sitagliptin and hesitant to begin insulin therapy.

The Effect Of Nurse Case Coordination On Management Of Chronic Conditions, Aayush Mittal Ms-Hsm

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report using:

Ishani A, Greer N, Taylor BC, et al. Effect of nurse case management compared with usual care on controlling cardiovascular risk factors in patients with diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care. 2011;34(8):1689-1694. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc10-2121

for a patient requiring care coordination for management of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia.

Diabetes Mellitus And Immunomodulation: A Double-Edged Sword., James Harte

International Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences

Diabetes is an endocrinological disorder characterised by chronic hyperglycaemia due to abnormalities in insulin secretion, insulin action or a combination of both. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 463 million people worldwide are living with diabetes; 700 million people will be affected by 2045. The severity of the disease is dependent on the type and the stage of progression; when not correctly managed, diabetes can lead to potentially life-threatening micro- and macrovascular complications.

Prior to the discovery of insulin in 1922, the life expectancy of children with diabetes was short and the prognosis was very poor. The advocated treatment for …

Full Issue: The International Undergraduate Journal Of Health Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2021

International Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences

The full June 2021 issue (Volume 1, Issue 1) of the International Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences

The Embodiment Of Discovery: An Adapted Framework For Qualitative Analysis Of Lived Experiences, Helen B. Hernandez, Laurie P. Dringus

The Qualitative Report

We reflect on our process of working with an adapted framework as an effective strategy for analyzing and interpreting the results of our qualitative study on the lived experiences of insulin pump trainers. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was applied as the overarching research methodology and was encapsulated into a framework adapted from Bonello and Meehan (2019) and from Chong (2019). We describe this framework as the “embodiment of discovery” to posit the researcher’s tangible experience of discovering the meaning of data that also brought transparency to the researcher’s process for data analysis and interpretation. We present challenges the doctoral student …

Evaluation Of Sleep Quality And Duration In Pregnancy And Risk Of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Follow-Up Study, Saloumeh Peivandi, Ali Habibi, Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini, Mohammad Khademloo, Mohammad Raisian, Hedieh Pournorouz

BioMedicine

Background and Objectives: Sleep disorders during pregnancy may be linked with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between sleep quality and duration in pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Materials and Methods: This prospective follow-up study was performed on 240 pregnant women with a gestational age between 20 to 24 weeks, who were referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari from 2018 to 2019 for prenatal care. The sleep quality of all eligible women were evaluated with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). During the 26 to 28 weeks of …

Physical Activity Behavior Comparisons Between Adults With And Without Type 1 Diabetes, Cassandra M. Beattie, Jesse A. Stein, Katie Heinrich

Health Behavior Research

Physical activity (PA) is a widely accepted strategy to manage chronic diseases like type 1 diabetes; however, unique PA barriers likely result in lower PA levels among person(s) with type 1 diabetes (PWT1D), compared to person(s) without type 1 diabetes (PWOT1D). The integrated theory of health behavior change (ITHBC) (i.e., knowledge/beliefs, self-regulation, and self-management) provides a helpful framework for understanding PA and other health behaviors. This research aimed to determine differences in PA between adult PWT1D and PWOT1D, and characterize their PA-related behaviors using the ITHBC. Participants (N = 90; 86.7% female, 90% white) were recruited via social media …

Pillow Talk: The Science Behind The All-Nighter, Rilyn Mckallip

Osmosis Magazine

It’s that crazy part of the semester. Finals are coming up, and you find yourself staying awake later and later trying to cram for important tests. The night before your toughest final, you decide to pull an all nighter. It’s the only way you’ll be able to learn all those facts. The day of the test, you feel awful, but you make it through, and have a feeling you probably passed. As you go back to your dorm to crash, all seems well. You think to yourself, “that one night of lost sleep probably won’t hurt me at all.”

Mysterious X Lymphocyte Cure To Type One Diabetes?, George Qiao

Osmosis Magazine

Diabetes, the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, is caused by excessive blood glucose. Type 1 diabetes is a variation of the disease characterized by a deficiency in insulin, a hormone produced in the pancreas that allows cells to take up glucose from the blood and receive energy. Lack of insulin results in accumulation of sugar in the bloodstream, and subsequently dehydration, excessive urination, and tissue damage. The need to prevent the disease is urgent, as over a million children or young adults in the world have type 1 diabetes, and over 100,000 cases of type 1 …

Preclinical Updates Of The Homoeopathic Medicines Used In Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review, G Kumar, V Chitra, Pankaj Gupta, Bibaswan Biswas, Arya Renu

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Introduction: Homoeopathy, one of the most commonly employed alternative medicines globally, has a wide range of role in the management of diabetes. Screening of the action of homoeopathic medicines in diabetes on animal model not only helps in validating their antidiabetic potential but also aids in understanding their effect on living systems and their mechanism of action. The present review focusses on the collection of results of pre-clinical studies carried out on homoeopathic medicines employed in the management of diabetes. Methodology: PubMed, HomBRex portal, and published literature such as library catalogue were searched up to November 2019. The search terms …

An Immunohistochemical Examination Of Cinnamon Extract Administration Ondistribution Of Ngf (Nerve Growth Factor) And Trk-A (Tyrosine Kinase-A) Receptor Fordiabetic Rats With Pancreatic Tissue, Şükran Yedi̇el Aras, Ebru Karadağ Sari

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the administration of cinnamon extract that is known to be effective in decreasing the high blood glucose and the distribution of NGF and Trk-A receptor in pancreas with immunohistochemistry way. Materials and methods: The experimental groups were defined as control, sham, cinnamon, diabetes, and diabetes-cinnamon. At the end of the experiment, the pancreatic tissue samples were obtained for the rats. The hematoxylin-eosin and triple staining were used to examine histology. The immunohistochemical methods were performed on the sections of pancreatic tissue. In all groups, the body weight and fasting blood glucose …

Risk Factors Predicting The Development Of Diabetes Mellitus And Metabolic Syndromefollowing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Bülent Can, Sema Çi̇ftçi̇, Gülşah Yeni̇dünya Yalin, Nevi̇n Di̇nççağ

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: To determine risk factors associated with the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) patients 10 years after giving birth. Materials and methods: Medical records of patients with former GDM were screened. Eligible patients were invited to the hospital to obtain information about their present health status. Patients with pregestational diabetes and patients with multiple pregnancies were excluded. A total of 67 women formed the study group. American Diabetes Association (ADA) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria were used to define T2DM and MetS, respectively. Results: A total …

The Effect Of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester And Ankaferd Blood Stopper On The Diabetic Andnondiabetic Gingival Wound Healing: An Experimental Study, Mehmet Gül, Serkan Dündar, Gökhan Artaş, Akin Yi̇ği̇n, Abdulsamet Tanik, Mehmet Emrah Polat, Erhan Cahi̇t Özcan

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Healthy wound healing is very important for patient comfort. Diabetes is one of the factors that negatively affect wound healing. Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) and caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) are antiinflammatory and antimicrobial agents and may have positive effects on wound healing. Materials and methods: In this study, 72 male Wistar albino rats were used. Rats; control, CAPE, ABS, diabetes + control, diabetes + ABS and diabetes + CAPE groups were divided into 6 groups. A healthy 36 rats created diabetes using streptozotocin (STZ). A gingival wound was created using a 4-mm punch biopsy in the gingival tissue …

Potential Antidiabetic Activity Of Benzimidazole Derivative Albendazole And Lansoprazoledrugs In Different Doses In Experimental Type 2 Diabetic Rats, Burak Di̇k, Devran Coşkun, Emre Bahçi̇van, Kami̇l Üney

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of different concentrations of albendazole and lansoprazole, which were benzimidazole derivatives, on endocrinologic and biochemical parameters in experimental type 2 diabetic (T2D) rats. Materials and methods: In this study, 46 male Wistar Albino rats were used. Animals were divided as healthy control (0.1 mL/rat/day saline, s.c, n = 6), diabetes control (0.1 mL/rat/day saline, s.c, n = 8), diabetes+low-dose albendazole (5 mg/kg, oral, n = 8), diabetes+highdose albendazole (10 mg/kg, oral n = 8), diabetes+low-dose lansoprazole (15 mg/kg, subcutaneous, n = 8), and diabetes+high-dose lansoprazole (30 mg/kg, subcutaneous, n …