A Mediterranean-Diet-Based Nutritional Intervention for Children with Prediabetes in a Rural Town: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Prediabetes is a pathological condition in which the blood glucose concentration is higher than normal concentrations but lower than those considered necessary for a type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosis. Various authors have indicated that the Mediterranean Diet is one of the dietary patterns with the most healthy outcomes, reducing high levels of HbA1c, triglycerides, BMI, and other anthropometric parameters. The main objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of the nutritional intervention for children with prediabetes, including the effectiveness of this nutritional education regarding anthropometric parameters.

Role of obesity and blood pressure in epicardial adipose tissue thickness in children.

Background: Elevated body mass index (BMI) has been associated with cardiac changes, such as higher epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness. This fat has been identified as a predictive factor of cardiovascular diseases during adulthood. However, few studies have tested the association of multiple cardiovascular risk factors (high weight or blood pressure) with EAT in adolescents and children.

Relationship between overweight and obesity and cardiac dimensions and function in a paediatric population.

Unlabelled: Obesity in adults is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, dilatation, and myocardial fibrosis, as well as heart failure and coronary heart disease. These associations have been studied to a lesser extent in the paediatric population. This study aims to investigate the relationship between obesity and cardiac structure and function in the paediatric population.

Diagnostic Precision of Anthropometric Variables for the Detection of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents.

: High blood pressure (HBP) is a health problem the prevalence of which has increased in young populations. Overweight and obesity in early ages have been directly related to its development. Due to the impact of HBP, it is necessary to provide tools that facilitate its early diagnosis, with useful anthropometric variables being those that assess obesity.

A Sustainable Approach to the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Its Economic Burden.

The prevalence of obesity continues to grow, resulting in metabolic syndrome and increasing economic burden for health systems. The objectives were to measure the ability of the NIM-MetS test, previously used in the adults, for the early and sustainable detection of the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in children and adolescents. Moreover, to determine the economic burden of the children with MetS.

Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome presenting as acute vascular occlusion in a young female patient.

Acquired thrombotic and thromboembolic disorders may be presented initially with symptoms and signs of acute ischaemia or organ dysfunction that will lead many of these patients to seek care in the emergency department. We report a case of a 19-year-old female patient who developed catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS syndrome or Asherson syndrome) 6 weeks post stillbirth with an initial presentation of acute vascular occlusion. The patient was immediately operated and anticoagulated with significant improvement.

Limb-Shaking TIA Presenting as Hemichorea-Hemiballismus: TIA Chameleons Diagnostic Challenge in the Emergency Department.

Background: demonstrate the importance of considering limb-shaking syndrome in the differential diagnosis of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with hyperkinetic movements.

Methods: In this article, we describe a diagnostic challenge in the ED in which a patient presents with hyperkinetic movements that are initially diagnosed as hemichorea-hemiballismus (HCHB) but are subsequently found to be limb-shaking syndrome with important therapeutic opportunities.

Results: Following a diagnosis of left carotid obstruction, the patient underwent left carotid endarterectomy 5 days after admission.