Publications by authors named "C A McGloin"

Article Synopsis
  • A review of existing literature was conducted to explore links between vitamins and nutrients and foot ulcers in diabetes, examining studies up to September 2020.
  • Fifteen studies were included, showing a correlation between poor nutritional status and either the presence of foot ulcers or delays in healing.
  • However, the review found insufficient data to determine if these relationships are causal, indicating a need for further research on whether nutritional supplements can enhance foot ulcer healing.
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Purpose: To evaluate the use of spin-tagging in conjunction with hyperpolarized gas imaging for monitoring lung ventilation and gas diffusion.

Methods And Materials: Images were taken at 0.15 T using single shot RARE, with hyperpolarized (3)He gas prepared by the metastability exchange technique.

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We examined clinical and laboratory features retrospectively in 402 patients at the start of chronic hemodialysis in order to define better the "uremic syndrome" in the dialysis era. The information gathered included demographic data, renal diagnoses, uremic symptoms, biochemical values, and prevalences of hypertension (69%), diabetes mellitus (23%) and ischemic heart disease (16%). Unexpected findings were the wide ranges of serum creatinine levels (3.

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