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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410071

Indices for Assessment of the Quality of Glycemic Control and Glucose Dynamics from Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Klaus-Dieter Kohnert, Peter Heinke, Lutz Vogt, Petra Augstein, Andreas Thomas and Eckhard Salzsieder

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 4

Continuous glucose monitoring data obtained during an observational study involved 256 subjects with type 1 (n = 22), type 2 diabetes (n = 222), and 12 non-diabetic control subjects. We compared the indices for the quality of glycemic control and determined their relationship with glucose profile complexity....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410070

Could We Really Use Aloe Vera Food Supplements to Treat Diabetes?

Solomon Habtemariam

Article Type: Letter to Editor | Indexed Archive: Volume 4

For thousands of years, mankind has used plants as a source of medicine either in their crude mixture forms or purified single chemical entities. While the use of crude plant extracts in prescription drugs today is extremely rare, we still have a significant number of our drug therapies tracing their origin back to natural products. In principle, drug therapeutic approach for complex metabolic disorders like diabetes and associated diseases, where a single key universally accepted biological tar...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410069

Influence of Obesity in Mortality in Hospitalized Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

R Barba, R Gomez Huelgas, J Marco, J Ena, M Romero, J Ruiz, J Marrero, J Canora and A Zapatero

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 4

Overweight and obesity increase overall mortality and predict premature death (7-10). Furthermore, obesity is associated with the development of cardiovascular risk factors like increased insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension and dyslipidemia....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410068

Conventional Versus Intensive Insulin Therapy in Young Children with Diabetes: Impact of a Long Term Targeted Multidisciplinary Education Program

Piero Balice, Gerald Theintz and Mario G Bianchetti

Article Type: Research Article | Indexed Archive: Volume 4

Intensive insulin therapy is progressively replacing conventional therapy in young children to improve diabetes control. However, the specific skills required to manage insulin pumps may hamper social integration as much as the fear of severe hypoglycemia using conventional therapy....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-3634/1410067

DKA in an Adolescent with Established Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes

Yael Levy Shraga, Uri Hamiel and Orit Pinhas Hamiel

Article Type: Case Report | Indexed Archive: Volume 4

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and its complications are the most common cause of hospitalization, morbidity and mortality in children and adolescents with established diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The overall incidence of recurrent DKA episodes is estimated as 8 per 100 patient years. Interestingly, almost 60% of recurrent DKA episodes occur in 5% of patients....

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