Coronary Artery Calcium Score as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Patients of Type 2 Diabetes.

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has assumed the status of an epidemic in the last century. High prevalence of diabetes in South Asian population and presence of other cardiovascular risk factors in this region, make up the relationship between coronary artery disease (CAD) and diabetes more pronounced. Keeping in view the high susceptibility of diabetic patients for CAD, these patients are recognized as a high risk group .

Successful Peritoneal Dialysis in Large-Weight Subjects: Clinical Features and Comparisons with Normal-Weight Subjects.

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) obviates the need for temporary vascular access in end-stage renal disease; however, extremely heavy weight has been viewed as a relative contraindication to PD.We performed a cross-sectional review of multiple clinical and laboratory variables for 75 current or past PD patients (vintage > 6 months), comparing dialysis adequacy parameters for those with a large body weight (>100 kg, LWS group) and with a normal body weight (<75 kg, NWS group).In the LWS group (n = 17), mean weight was 117.