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Patients with diabetes are likely to be affected by Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). This type of disease is popular and enfeeble, generating a surge of serious morbidity and mortality combined with worldwide socio-economic problems. The symptoms of this disease such as infection and inflammation raise surrounding oedema of the foot. …

Is there a link between patients living with sickle cell disease and diabetes mellitus? African-Americans/ Black are the most affected by sickle cell disease (SCD). According to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, this population also has the highest prevalence of obesity. Sickle cell …

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors lower the risk of hospitalization in heart failure and cardiovascular death…  The SIMPLE trial examined the effects of empagliflozin on myocardial flow reserve, showing microvascular perfusion in individuals with type 2 diabetes with high CVD risk. The SIMPLE trial is a single-center, double-blind, randomized clinical trial …

Allison S. Rembert, PharmD Candidate 2024 Adrian K. Baker, PharmD Candidate 2024 Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP Department of Pharmacotherapy College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Washington State University A 55-year-old female with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) presented to the ambulatory care clinic. …

Controlling your blood sugar is more important than you think in the ICU… Glycemic control for patients is considered one of the most important factors when treating patients in an intensive care unit. Hyperglycemia statistically is deemed to be related to increased mortality and or morbidity. It is also an …

Which subgroup of patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure is more beneficial from treatment with canagliflozin? Patients with type 2 diabetes are at risk for many cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure. In a cohort study published by Nichols et al., patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely …

Finding a precise mechanism behind birth defects in fetuses of periconceptually diagnosed patients with diabetes is a step closer in identifying preventative measures With more than three million women of birthing age in the US and more than sixty million worldwide with diabetes, it is essential to know how diabetes …

A Look into how insulin detemir causes an increased risk of malformations and even death for neonates with mothers who are insulin dependent. Chances of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes are increased when mothers have diabetes and even higher if the patient has uncontrolled diabetes. The increased adverse effects can …

According to research presented by Dr. Karim Gariani from the University of Zurich, three and six weeks of therapy give similar incidences of remission in diabetic foot osteomyelitis. Diabetic foot infections are either bone or soft tissue infections below the malleoli. It is the most common issue that can come …

Serum DPP4 levels may be associated with cognitive dysfunction in perinatal pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus  Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) occurs in about 7% of all pregnancies, ranging from 1% to 14%, depending on the specific population studied, and the diagnostic test used to assess the presence of gestational …