Seasonality of bacteremia cases in an emergency department.

Objectives: To assess seasonal variation in episodes of bacteremia.

Material And Methods: Retrospective cohort study of cases of significant bacteremia found in blood cultures ordered in a hospital emergency department. The incidence, etiology, diagnostic and prognostic yield were analyzed for each season of the year.

Ability of retinopathy to predict cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

It is important identify patients with very high cardiovascular risk to intensify their therapy. Our aim was to assess the association between retinopathy and incident cardiovascular events (cardiovascular disease [CVD]) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients were included if they had type 2 DM and a visible fundus.

[Microalbuminuria accounts for the increased vascular disease risk in diabetic patients with metabolic syndrome].

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the metabolic syndrome on vascular disease risk in patients with type-2 diabetes. A prospective cohort study was carried out. The main dependent variable was the combination of coronary disease, stroke and lower leg amputation.

Microalbuminuria presents the same vascular risk as overt CVD in type 2 diabetes.

Objectives: We attempted to assess whether microalbuminuria conferred the same cardiovascular risk as overt CVD in type 2 diabetic patients.

Material And Methods: A prospective cohort study including 436 type 2 diabetic patients (64.8+/-9.

Mild renal insufficiency as a cardiovascular risk factor in non-proteinuric type II diabetes.

Objectives: To evaluate cardiovascular risk according to baseline renal function in a group of non-proteinuric type II diabetic patients.

Material And Methods: Prospective study with a follow-up of 423 non-proteinuric type II diabetic patients with creatinine <150 micromol/l for an average of 4.7 years (S.

Fasting plasma glucose variability as a risk factor of retinopathy in Type 2 diabetic patients.

Aims/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to determine whether plasma glucose variability, irrespective of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), was able to predict the onset of retinopathy in Type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: The study was based on a cohort of 130 Type 2 diabetic patients without retinopathy recruited from June 1994 to June 1998. The fundus was reexamined between November 2000 and June 2001, with a mean follow-up period of 5.