Publications by authors named "Imola Nemeth"
Objective: To investigate the association between visit-to-visit HbA variability and cardiovascular events and microvascular complications in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Research Design And Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed patients from Tayside and Fife in the Scottish Care Information-Diabetes Collaboration (SCI-DC) who were observable from the diagnosis of diabetes and had at least five HbA measurements before the outcomes were evaluated. We used the previously reported HbA variability score (HVS), calculated as the percentage of the number of changes in HbA >0.
Unlabelled: Around a quarter of the global adult population have metabolic syndrome (MetS) and therefore increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and diabetes. Docosahexaenoic acid, oat beta-glucan and grape anthocyanins have been shown to be effective in reducing MetS risk factors when administered as isolated compounds, but their effect when administered as bioactive-enriched foods has not been evaluated.
Objective: The overall aim of the PATHWAY-27 project was to evaluate the effectiveness of bioactive-enriched food consumption on improving risk factors of MetS.
Introduction: According to the literature, early cholecystectomy is necessary to avoid complications related to gallstones after an initial episode of acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP). A randomised, controlled multicentre trial (the PONCHO trial) revealed that in the case of gallstone-induced pancreatitis, early cholecystectomy was safe in patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis and reduced the risk of recurrent gallstone-related complications, as compared with interval cholecystectomy. We hypothesise that carrying out a sphincterotomy (ES) allows us to delay cholecystectomy, thus making it logistically easier to perform and potentially increasing the efficacy and safety of the procedure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To evaluate the effects of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
Methods: Our systematic review included randomised controlled trials if they studied PCSK9 inhibitors in patients for primary and/or secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases or with hypercholesterolaemia/hyperlipidaemia. Dichotomous variables from individual studies were pooled by relative risks (RR) and their 95% CIs using the random-effect model.
Real-life evaluation of COPD treatment in a Bulgarian population: a 1-year prospective, observational, noninterventional study.
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
September 2018
Introduction: This was the first study designed to prospectively evaluate treatment patterns in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the degree of adherence with the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) strategy recommendations in routine clinical practice in Bulgaria.
Methods: The study was conducted in an outpatient setting and enrolled patients of both genders, aged >40 years, who were diagnosed with COPD (as per GOLD 2013). Evaluations were performed at baseline and at 6- and 12-month visits.
Aims: To conduct a pilot trial to test the feasibility of a guided self-help intervention for chronic orofacial pain.
Methods: A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the intervention with usual treatment. A total of 37 patients with chronic orofacial pain were randomized into either the intervention group (n = 19) or the usual treatment (control) group (n = 18).