Postprandial glycemic control conditions in relation to urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without low glomerular filtration rate.

Background: This study assessed the relationship between the serum level of 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG), a marker of postprandial hyperglycemia, and the ratio of the urinary activity of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) to creatinine (NAG index) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Subjects And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 153 patients who had an estimated glomerular filtration rate of ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and no proteinuria and who had never been treated with oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.

[A case of ileus caused by a fecalith in an elderly patient with severe dementia].

An 82-year-old woman with severe dementia, living in a nursing home, had severe chronic constipation, possibly due to the presence of multiple risk factors for constipation such as a past history of abdominal open surgery, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and bedridden status. She visited our department accompanied by nursing staff with complaints of nausea and vomiting. Abdominal X-ray films and computed tomography (CT) images showed ileus.

[An elderly patient with senile dementia showing acquired hemophilia A].

We report a case of an 82-year-old woman with senile dementia who was hospitalized at a specialist dementia hospital for 10 months. She had swelling of the left shoulder joint, subcutaneous hematoma in the left upper arm, and anemia was noted on blood examination. Her serum hemoglobin level was lower than normal at 4.