Mortality in an elderly type 2 diabetic patients' cohort who attended a self-management educational workshop.

Aims: To compare the all-cause mortality rate in elderly type 2 diabetic patients who attended self-management educational workshops compared with those who did not.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study in a Health Maintenance Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Patients older than 64 years with type 2 diabetes before December 2003 conformed the cohort followed from January 01, 2001 until death, censored date or December 31, 2007.

[Celiac disease: diagnosis prevalence in a community hospital].

Introduction: Celiac disease (CD) is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy characterized by a chronic injury of the small bowel, caused by gluten intolerance in genetically predisposed individuals. The different forms of presentation of CD resemble more a multisystem disorder than a primary gastrointestinal disease and it is frequently underdiagnosed.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of CD diagnosis in the population of affiliates to the HMO of the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.