Predictors of mortality in hospitalized diabetic patients: A 7-year prospective study.

Unlabelled: This study was conducted to investigate the mortality rate, causes of death, and standardized mortality ratio (SMR), and to identify the significant predictive factors of mortality in diabetic patients at a medical center in Taiwan. Clinical data were obtained from 1792 diabetic inpatients discharged from the metabolism department of a medical center during the years 1996-2002. Underlying causes of death were determined from death certificates.

Relationship between several surrogate estimates of insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic patients with coronary artery disease.

Background And Purpose: Insulin resistance plays an important role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD). Thus, there is a need for accurate and accessible tools for measurement of insulin sensitivity in patients with this disease. This study explored the relationship between several surrogate estimates of insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic patients with angiographic evidence of CAD.

Severe hypophosphatemia in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute respiratory failure.

Although hypophosphatemia is a common complication during therapy of diabetic ketoacidosis, it is seldom severe and rarely causes clinical manifestations. We report a 39-year-old woman with diabetic ketoacidosis who developed acute respiratory failure after therapy. Although hyperglycemia and acidosis were corrected after treatment, respiratory distress and weakness still persisted.

The efficacy of a home-based nursing program in diabetic control of elderly people with diabetes mellitus living alone.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a home-based nursing program in the diabetic control of elderly people with diabetes mellitus living alone. Patients meeting the sampling criteria were recruited from a medical center and 10 health centers in Taipei for this quasi-experimental study. By matching the effects of age, sex, education, and history of diabetes, subjects were assigned semirandomly to two groups based on the intensity of home-based nursing care visitations.