Publications by authors named "Alexandru D Gavan"

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  • The study looked at how often people in Romania got diabetic neuropathy (DN) and nondiabetic neuropathy (non-DN) from 2010 to 2019.
  • They found that more women had DN while more men had non-DN, and both types of neuropathy increased over the years, especially in people with type 2 diabetes.
  • The rise in non-DN cases was mostly due to other kinds of nerve problems like inflammatory polyneuropathies and uremic neuropathy, showing that both types of neuropathy are becoming more common.
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Lower extremity amputations (LEAs) are a burdensome complication of peripheral artery disease (PAD) and/or arterial embolism and thrombosis (AET). We assessed the trends in PAD- and/or AET-related LEAs in Romania. This retrospective study (2015-2019) analyzed data on minor and major LEAs in hospitalized patients recorded in the National School for Public Health, Management, and Health Education database.

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