Severely increased albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with increased subclinical atherosclerosis in femoral arteries with Na [F]F activity as a proxy - The DETERMINE study.

Background And Aims: Sodium [F]fluoride (Na [F]F) positron emission tomography imaging allows detailed visualization of early arterial micro-calcifications. This study aims to investigate atherosclerosis manifested by micro-calcification, macro-calcification, and aortic stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with and without albuminuria and severely decreased kidney function.

Methods: A cohort was stratified in four groups (N = 10 per group), based on KDIGO categories (G1-5 A1-3).

[F]FDG and [F]NaF as PET markers of systemic atherosclerosis progression: A longitudinal descriptive imaging study in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: While [F]-fluordeoxyglucose ([F]FDG) uptake is associated with arterial inflammation, [F]-sodium fluoride ([F]NaF) is a marker for arterial micro-calcification. We aimed to investigate the prospective correlation between both PET markers over time and whether they are prospectively ([F]FDG) and retrospectively ([F]NaF) related to progression of systemic arterial disease in a longitudinal study in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: Baseline [F]FDG PET/Low Dose (LD) Computed Tomography (CT) scans of ten patients with early T2DM without cardiovascular history (70% men, median age 63 years) were compared with five-year follow-up [F]NaF/LDCT scans.

Need for recovery in relation to effort from work and health in four occupations.

Objective: To examine three levels of need for recovery (NFR) after work in relation to effort from work demands, demand compensatory strategies, effort-moderating or -reversing resources, and health including health behaviors. A further purpose was to examine occupational characteristics determining NFR.

Methods: 5000 engineers, carpenters, nurses, and home care nurses were invited to participate.

The view and policy of management of occupational health services on the performance of workers' health surveillance: a qualitative exploration.

Background: Although workers' health surveillance is an important preventive activity, it is not regularly performed. In addition to the occupational physician, the management of occupational health services can also be involved in the performance of workers' health surveillance. The present study investigated the view and policy of the managements of occupational health services on the performance of workers' health surveillance by occupational physicians.

Physicians' Perspectives on Person-Related Factors Associated With Work Participation and Methods Used to Obtain Information About These Factors.

Objective: Person-related factors influencing work participation of employees with health problems are important. However, the best method to obtain information about them, according to occupational physicians (OPs) and insurance physicians (IPs), is unknown.

Methods: Questionnaires in which OPs and IPs rated the importance of and described methods to obtain information about 10 person-related factors: expectations regarding recovery or return to work, optimism/pessimism, self-efficacy, motivation, feelings of control, perceived health, coping strategies, fear-avoidance beliefs, perceived work-relatedness, and catastrophizing.