Items for "diabetes"

Abductive Network Committees for Improved Classification of Medical Data

OBJECTIVES: To introduce abductive network classifier committees as an ensemble method for improving classification accuracy in medical diagnosis...

Keywords: Abductive networks, Neural Networks, ensemble methods, network committee, committee of experts, classification accuracy, medical diagnosis, diabetes, heart disease, dermatology

The effect of glycaemic control on fibrin network structure of type 2 diabetic subjects

Diabetic subjects have been shown to have altered fibrin network structures. One possible cause may be fibrinogen glycation resulting in altered structure/function properties...

Keywords: diabetes, glycation, fibrinogen, fibrin network structure, glucose control

The efficacy of cystatin C assay in the prediction of glomerular filtration rate. Is it a more reliable marker for renal failure?

We determined the sensitivity, specificity, receiver operating characteristics and correlation between cystatin C (cysC) and two widely used markers of renal function, creatinine clearance and serum creatinine, in 244 patients (84 diabetics, 84 hypertensive and 76 healthy subjects)...

Keywords: creatinine, cystatin C, diabetes, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), hypertension

Simple PCR heteroduplex, SSCP mutation screening methods for the detection of novel catalase mutations in Hungarian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background: The enzyme catalase is the main regulator of hydrogen peroxide metabolism...

Keywords: catalase gene, diabetes, nucleotide sequence, oxidative stress, PCR heteroduplex, PCR-SSCP

Nitration of human plasminogen by RAW 264.7 macrophages reduces streptokinase-induced plasmin activity

Despite many years of study, clinical trials of new drugs to prevent thrombosis have often been disappointing...

Keywords: atherosclerosis, diabetes, fibrinolysis, nitrosative stress, peroxynitrite, phagocytes

Computerized cardiotocography parameters in pregnant women affected by pregestational diabetes mellitus

Aim: To evaluate whether computerized CTG (cCTG) is a reliable method of predicting neonatal outcome in pregnancies complicated by pregestational diabetes at term.

Patients and methods: We considered 27 pregnant women affected by pregestational diabetes and 46 normal pregnancies as controls that fulfilled the following criteria: singleton, Caucasian, euglycemic pregnancies at term (>37 weeks gestational age)...

Keywords: Computerized CTG, diabetes, fetal acidemia, umbilical blood gas analysis

Structural-tridimensional study of yolk sac in pregnancies complicated by diabetes

Objectives: To assess by two- and three-dimensional ultrasound the diameter and volume of the yolk sac in pregnant women affected by type 1 diabetes during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Methods: 18 women affected by insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and 52 normoglycemic pregnant women (controls) were enrolled in this study...

Keywords: diabetes, three-dimensional ultrasonography, ultrasound, yolk sac

The efficacy of first-trimester PAPP-A and free ?hCG levels for predicting adverse pregnancy outcome

Objective: To determine whether first-trimester measurements of maternal serum PAPP-A and free ?hCG levels were associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Study Design: First trimester maternal serum free ?hCG and PAPP-A were measured in 490 singleton pregnancies...

Keywords: diabetes, hCG, PAPP-A, preeclampsia, pregnancy outcome, screening, SGA

The entero-insular axis: implications for human metabolism

Incretins such as glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) are intestinal hormones that are released in response to ingestion of nutrients, especially carbohydrate...

Keywords: adipose tissue, ?-cells, bone, brain, diabetes, dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV), exendin-4, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), glucose, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), incretins, insulin, liver, metabolism

Monitoring glycaemic control: is there evidence for appropriate use of routine measurement of glycated haemoglobin?

Background: Regardless of the available recommendations to perform glycated haemoglobin testing at a 2- to 3-month frequency, there is increasing evidence of an inappropriate laboratory use of this test in clinical practice.

Methods: Data from our Laboratory Information System were analysed for glycated haemoglobin test orders over a 3-year period using Microsoft^® Excel to calculate the order intervals and the test frequency for each patient...

Keywords: Appropriateness, diabetes, glycosylated haemoglobin, laboratory testing, monitoring

On the independence of intraindividual reference values

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Keywords: correlations, diabetes, steady state