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Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus

Vittorio Basevi
- 06 Feb 2011 - 
TLDR
The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dys-function, and failure of differentorgans, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels.
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This article is published in Diabetes Care.The article was published on 2011-02-06 and is currently open access. It has received 13077 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Prediabetes & Impaired fasting glucose.

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Racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes risk after gestational diabetes mellitus

TL;DR: Racial/ethnic disparities exist in risk of diabetes after gestational diabetes mellitus, particularly black women with GDM, which highlights the importance of developing an effective diabetes screening and prevention programme in women with the highest risk of developing diabetes.
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Preoperative hyperglycemia predicts infected total knee replacement

TL;DR: Obesity and hyperglycemia associate with a higher risk of infected knee replacement and preoperative screening of plasma glucose is an efficient way to identify patients in increased risk of infection following primary total knee replacement.
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General aspects of diabetes mellitus

TL;DR: Strong associations have been shown in observational studies suggesting poor clinical outcomes both with chronic hyperglycemia and acutely in intensive care settings, however, tight glycemic control in this setting is a contentious issue with an increased incidence of hypoglycemi and possible increase in morbidity and mortality.
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Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation in chronic pancreatitis: recommendations from PancreasFest.

TL;DR: TPIAT is an effective method of managing the disabling complications of chronic pancreatitis and risk of pancreatic cancer in very high risk patients and careful evaluation and long-term management of candidate patients by qualified multidisciplinary teams is required.
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Unrecognized glucose intolerance is common in pulmonary arterial hypertension

TL;DR: Unrecognized glucose intolerance as assessed by HbA(1c) is common in PAH, and further studies are needed to discern if glucose or insulin dysregulation mediates PAH pathogenesis or is secondary to advanced PAH.
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International association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of hyperglycemia in pregnancy.

TL;DR: The Brazilian study provided evidence that adverse perinatal outcomes are associated with levels of maternal glycemia below those diagnostic of GDM by American Diabetes Association or World Health Organization criteria, however, the results were potentially confounded by the treatment of G DM.
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TL;DR: The International Expert Committee was convened to reexamine the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes, which were based on the 1979 publication of the National Diabetes Data Group and subsequent WHO study group and adopted several changes to the diagnostic criteria for diabetes and for lesser degrees of impaired glucose regulation (IFG/IGT).
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Effect of treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus on pregnancy outcomes

TL;DR: Treatment of gestational diabetes reduces serious perinatal morbidity and may also improve the woman's health-related quality of life.
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