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DIY artificial pancreas systems: the clinician perspective.
(2020-03)
We are witnessing a technological revolution in type 1 diabetes, with a race to bring commercial closed-loop (artificial pancreas) systems to market. However, only one automated insulin-delivery system, the Medtronic MiniMed ...
Cardiovascular Determinants of Aerobic Exercise Capacity in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.
(2020-07)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between subclinical cardiac dysfunction and aerobic exercise capacity (peak VO2) in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D), a group at high risk of developing heart failure. RESEARCH DESIGN ...
Alteration of Lymphocytes Subpopulations and Immunoglobulins Levels in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Infected Particularly by Resistant Pathogens
(2016-12)
The aim of our study was to analyse immune abnormalities in patients with chronic infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) especially those infected by resistant microorganisms. Methods. 68 patients treated in our foot clinic ...
Diabetic patients are almost twice as likely to experience complications from arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
(2020-04)
Aims: Large population-based studies have demonstrated increased prevalence of rotator cuff disease amongst diabetics. Recent studies have suggested comparable clinical outcomes from rotator cuff repair despite suggestions ...
Technical and clinical accuracy of three blood glucose meters: clinical impact assessment using error grid analysis and insulin sliding scales
(2016)
Aims Manufacturers of point-of-care testing (POCT) glucose systems must adhere to International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 15197 performance standards, a tightened version of which becomes mandatory in May 2016. ...
Language matters. Addressing the use of language in the care of people with diabetes: position statement of the English Advisory Group.
(2018-06)
The language used by healthcare professionals can have a profound impact on how people living with diabetes, and those who care for them, experience their condition and feel about living with it day-to-day. At its best, ...
Carbohydrate counting and insulin dose adjustment: group education for people with type 2 diabetes.
(2011)
A group education programme at the Royal Derby Hospital for type 2 diabetes patients. The impact of the programme, which provided information on carbohydrate and insulin, on patients' weight, HbA1c levels, and insulin ...
Update on drugs to treat diabetes.
(2012-05)
Diabetes is a common disease worldwide with a multitude of complications and high mortality. Moreover, its prevalence is increasing and many of our patients will have diabetes. We have known for almost 50 years that patients ...
Practical management of diet and lifestyle interventions for people with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
(2012-05)
Increased collaboration between the vascular specialities is clearly leading to increased understanding of the interrelationships between the different disease states and how each impacts and influences the other. This ...
Flash forward: a review of flash glucose monitoring
(2018-01)
The FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitor became available on prescription (subject to local health authority approval) in all four nations of the UK from November 2017, a watershed moment in the history of diabetes care. ...