Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 95, No. 2

Editor-in-Chief

Stephen Colagiuri, MD

Stephen Colagiuri is Professor of Metabolic Health at the University of Sydney. His research interests focus on development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines, cardiometabolic risk assessment, diabetes screening and prevention, the glycemic index, and economic aspects of diabetes and obesity. He has over 100 publications in scientific journals and books. He is a past President of the Australian Diabetes Society. He is a member of the Diabetes Expert Advisory Committee of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, chair of the International Diabetes Federation Global Guideline Working Group, and an advisor on diabetes to the World Health Organization.

Issue Highlights

Review

Managing diabetes in Asia: Overcoming obstacles and the role of DPP-IV inhibitors
February 2012(Vol. 95 | No. 2 | Pages 179-188)
Yi-Ming Mu, Anoop Misra, John M.F. Adam, Siew Pheng Chan, Francis C.C. Chow, Elaine Cheeay Cunanan, Chaicharn Deerochanawong, Hak Chul Jang, Nguyen Thy Khue, Wayne H.-H. Sheu, Kevin E.K. Tan

Clinical care and education

Diabetologist's perspective on practice of evidence based diabetes management in India
February 2012(Vol. 95 | No. 2 | Pages 189-193)
Habib Hasan, Sanjay Zodpey, Abhay Saraf

Life prolonging of disease management programs in patients with type 2 diabetes is cost-effective
February 2012(Vol. 95 | No. 2 | Pages 194-200)
A. Drabik, G. Büscher, P.T. Sawicki, K. Thomas, C. Graf, D. Müller, S. Stock

Diabetic ketoacidosis accompanied by hypothermia: A case report
03 February 2012
Takuo Nambu, Keita Mori, Yuya Shinoto, Ryota Izumi, Koji Matsuo, Yugo Kanai, Naotetsu Kanamoto, Masako Miura, Shin Yonemitsu, Akihiro Yasoda, Seiji Muro, Hiroshi Arai, Shogo Oki, Kazuwa Nakao
Abstract: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus and is caused by insulin insufficiency. Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature of less than ...
Hypoglycaemia and cardiovascular disease in Type 1 Diabetes. Results from the Catalan National Public Health registry on insulin pump therapy
03 February 2012
Marga Giménez, Juan José López, Conxa Castell, Ignacio Conget
Abstract: Severe hypoglycaemia has recently been associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetes. The retrospective analysis of a national registry on continuous subcuta...
Feasibility, reliability and validity of the Iranian version of the Diabetes Quality of Life Brief Clinical Inventory (IDQOL-BCI)
03 February 2012
Mani Mirfeizi, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Zahra Mehdizadeh Toorzani, Seyede Momeneh Mohammadi, Mozhgan Dehghan Azad, Adeleh Vizheh Mohammadi, Ziba Teimori
Abstract: Aims: To validate and culturally adapt the Diabetes-specific Quality of Life Brief Clinical Inventory (DQOL-BCI) for the Iranian population. Methods: After translation – back translation, co...
Charcot foot: Skin temperature as a good clinical parameter for predicting disease outcome
01 February 2012
Arnaldo Moura-Neto, Tulio Diniz Fernandes, Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann, Rafael Ortiz Trevisan, Marcos Hideyo Sakaki, Alexandre Leme Godoy Santos, Marcia Nery, Maria Candida Ribeiro Parisi
Summary: Twenty-eight diabetics presenting with acute Charcot foot were immobilized and the temperature difference between limbs measured at each month. All patients had monthly follow-up visits for a...
Effect of percutaneous electrical muscle stimulation on postprandial hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes
01 February 2012
Toshiaki Miyamoto, Kazuhito Fukuda, Tetsuya Kimura, Yasushi Matsubara, Kinsuke Tsuda, Toshio Moritani
Abstract: Aims: The aim of this study was to examine whether percutaneous electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) attenuates postprandial hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes. Methods: Eleven patients with ty...

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