Current Diabetes Reviews - Volume 18, Issue 4, 2022

In this review, we compare major points given in the 2021 American Diabetes Association and the 2020 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology guidelines, in particular, the assessment and management of cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes with a focus on dyslipidemia, blood pressure, and pharmacotherapy in diabetes.

Introduction: Optimal glycemic control is crucial to dental implant long-term functional and esthetic success. Despite HbA1c levels of 7% or lower used is as an indicator for good glycemic control, however, this level may not be attainable for all diabetic patients. Most dentists do not consider patients with poor glycemic control candidates for implant therapy due to higher implant failure, infection or other complications. Aim: T Read More

The aim of the present brief review was to discuss carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in diabetes mellitus (DM). Generally, CTS is more common in DM, especially in subjects with coexisting diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and/or long DM duration. There is no agreement if it is more frequent in type 1 or type 2 DM. The precise underlying mechanisms are not entirely clear but appear to involve hyperglycaemia-induced median nerve oe Read More

Microvascular complications are responsible for a major proportion of the burden associated with diabetes contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden in people with diabetes. Retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy constitute the leading causes of blindness, end-stage renal disease, and lower-extremity amputations, respectively. Since the efficacy of causal therapies of diabetic microvascular Read More

Skin involvement is an overlooked aspect in the management of paediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. A comprehensive search of published literature using the PubMed database was carried out using the following key terms: “children,” “pediatric/paediatric patients,” “skin,” “skin disorders,” “type 1 diabetes.” Dermatological side effects are frequently observed among diabetic children and adolescents. Insulin-indu Read More

Background: During pregnancy, maintaining an inadequate lifestyle (bad eating habits, stress, consumption of toxic substances, etc.) generates complications such as pre-eclampsia, overweight, lumbar pain and Gestational Diabetes. Objective: This review was carried out with the objective to determine the influence of practising physical activity on the prevention and treatment of Gestational Diabetes; and to evaluate the e Read More

Background: Treatment of diabetes mellitus includes more than one drug of different groups, which may lead to a high pill burden and non-adherence to drugs. We have aimed to systematically analyze the clinical efficacy, safety, and pharmacoeconomic cost-effectiveness of the fixed-dose combination of empagliflozin plus a linagliptin in Type-2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Methods: A literature search of PubMed/ Read More

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) have been recognized as reemerging epidemics, especially in developing countries. Among all the risk factors, diabetes causes immunosuppression, increasing the risk of active TB three times. Vitamin D has been found as a link between DM-TB co-morbidity. Objective: Vitamin D affects the immune response, suppresses Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) growth, Read More

Background: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a common complication of type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2D), and prevalence varies according to the methodology used. CAN should be diagnosed in the subclinical stage when an intensive treatment of T2D could avoid the progression to irreversible phases. Objective: Determine the prevalence of early involvement (EI) of CAN in T2D individuals comparing t Read More

Background: Exercise is strongly recommended for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, incomplete intervention reporting in clinical trials limits the replication of exercise protocols. As previously demonstrated by us for exercise and hypertension, the reporting quality might also be insufficient in studies with respect to T2DM and exercise. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the comple Read More