Publications by authors named "Kamilia Ounaissa"
Introduction-aim: Flexible insulin therapy is currently considered the gold standard therapy of type 1 diabetes. We aimed to study the evolution of glycemic control, weight and nutritional intake of a group of patients with type 1 diabetes, three months after the initiation of functional insulin therapy (FIT).
Methods: This was a prospective longitudinal study having included 30 type 1 diabetic patients hospitalized for education to FIT.
Context: As part of its pedagogical reform, the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis integrated since 1998 the objective clinical evaluation in multiple stations (ECOSM), as sanctioning evaluation at the end of the internships. However, this method has never been evaluated in nutrition.
Objective: Carry out a docimological analysis of the ECOSM in nutrition intended for students of the 2nd year of the Second Cycle of Medical Studies (DCEM 2).
Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most common cause of end-stage renal disease.
Aim: To study the evolution of nephropathy in a group of type 2 diabetics in order to determine the predictive factors of progression.
Methods: We conducted a longitudinal retrospective, descriptive study witch involved 100 type 2 diabetics patients with confirmed DN for at least 10 years.
Background: Exposure in utero to maternal diabetes is a risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes. It may contribute to the current epidemic outbreak of these diseases.
Aim: to evaluate the impact of the exposure to maternal diabetes on the anthropometric profile of the offspring.
Aim: To determine the frequency of cardiovascular risk factors and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in obese children and adolescents.
Methods: This cross-sectional study concerned 186 obese children and adolescents (137 girls and 49 boys), between the ages of 6 and 18 years, recruited in the research unit on human obesity of the National Institute of Nutrition between December 2007 and October 2008. Metabolic syndrome was defined with the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria.
Objective: To report 6 cases of acardiac twins, and to investigate prognostic factors that would lead to survival of the normal twin.
Subjects And Methods: During a 9-year period from 1993 to 2001, 6 cases of acardiac twins out of 109,000 deliveries at the Maternity Center, Tunis, Tunisia were studied. Detailed inspection, X-rays, ultrasound and autopsies were performed.