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Karla Freire Rezende

Researcher at Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Publications -  14
Citations -  276

Karla Freire Rezende is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Sergipe. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Diabetic foot. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 11 publications receiving 201 citations.

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Baseline characteristics and risk factors for ulcer, amputation and severe neuropathy in diabetic foot at risk: the BRAZUPA study.

TL;DR: Ulcer and amputation rates were high and age at presentation was low and patients with ulcer presented a higher prevalence of neuropathy compared to ischemic foot at risk.
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Relationship between adherence to diet, glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 1 diabetes: a nationwide survey in Brazil

Kariane A K Davison, +63 more
- 07 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: The results suggest that it is necessary to rethink medical nutrition therapy in order to help patients to overcome barriers that impair an optimized adherence to the diet.
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Regional differences in clinical care among patients with type 1 diabetes in Brazil: Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group

TL;DR: A majority of patients, mainly in the north/northeast and mid-west regions, did not meet metabolic control goals and were not screened for diabetes-related chronic complications, which should guide governmental health policy decisions, specific to each geographic region, to improve diabetes care.
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Autonomic neuropathy in patients with impaired glucose tolerance

TL;DR: Results show that the involvement of the autonomic nervous system was more frequent in patients with IGT when compared to controls, which can explair the increased lethality due to vasculopathies observed in this group of patients and also alert physicians to care for patients with impaired glucose tolerance test.