[Intensified insulin therapy and insulin micro-pumps during pregnancy].

Before conception and during pregnancy in diabetic patients, every possible effort should be made in order to obtain a good, if not perfect, metabolic control and to warrant maternal and fetal health. Multiple daily injections are required to achieve a very strict glucose regulation in pregnant patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The most usual intensive insulin administration patterns require 3 premeal doses of short-acting insulin and 1 (at bedtime) or 2 (one in the morning and one at bedtime) injections of intermediate or slow-acting insulin.

[Paralysis of oculomotor nerves in diabetes mellitus. A retrospective study of 44 cases].

Data from the clinical charts of 44 diabetic patients with oculomotor palsy were studied. The sixth cranial nerve was involved in 55 p. 100 of cases, the third in 39 p.

Long-term effects of eating sucrose on metabolic control of type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic outpatients.

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of regularly eating a moderate amount of sucrose (30 g/day) in 12 type 1 (insulin-dependent, IDDM) diabetic outpatients in fair blood glucose and lipid control. Two diets, each lasting two months, were compared in a randomized cross-over study. The former was a high-carbohydrate high-fiber diet for diabetic patients with Italian alimentary habits, the latter had the same composition except that 30 g of sucrose replaced 30 g of complex carbohydrates with high glycemic index (bread).

Hyperglycemic effect of sucrose ingestion in IDDM patients controlled by artificial pancreas.

The hyperglycemic effect of 28 g sucrose, taken during a mixed meal, was studied in six insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients controlled by artificial pancreas. On 2 consecutive days the patients were given, in random order, two Italian meals containing macaroni, bread, meat, vegetables, fruit, olive oil, and an eggnog made with sucrose (meal A) or saccharin (meal B). The two meals were isocaloric and contained equal amounts of carbohydrates.

Diabetes as pro-infective risk factor in total hip replacement.

It is widely accepted that diabetic patients, above all poorly controlled ones, are more susceptible to infection. To verify whether diabetes might be considered a pro-infective risk factor in total hip replacement, 1,042 patients, who from 1969 to 1979 underwent an operation for arthropros thesis of the hip, were studied. The patients were subdivided into two groups according to whether they were diabetic or not.