Bladder cancer with pioglitazone: A case-control study.

Background: Varied reports suggest a contentious relationship of bladder malignancy with pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Aim: To study an association (prevalence and predictors) of bladder malignancy with pioglitazone therapy in Asian-Indian type 2 diabetes patients.

Method: In this observational multicenter study, type 2 diabetic patients attending out-patient diabetes-clinic were evaluated.

Virtual triage and outcomes of diabetic foot complications during Covid-19 pandemic: A retro-prospective, observational cohort study.

Aims: Limb and patient outcomes in people with diabetic foot complications including diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) provided virtual triage and personalized video consultations during COVID-19 pandemic are not known.

Methods: Patients with foot complications attending the diabetic foot clinic prior to lockdown who sought teleconsultations during COVID-19 lockdown underwent virtual triage to include clinical history, visual inspection of feet, domiciliary wound care (community nurse assisted dressings) and offloading instructions. The subsequent ulcer, limb and mortality outcomes during the following 24 weeks of COVID-19 lockdown (April-September 2020, group 1) were assessed and compared with those who attended foot clinic during the same period in 2019 (April-September, group 2).

Improved glycemic control amongst people with long-standing diabetes during COVID-19 lockdown: a prospective, observational, nested cohort study.

Background And Aims: COVID-19 is likely to affect the lives of individuals with type 2 diabetes. However, the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on physical activity and glycemic control in such individuals is not known. We studied the physical activity and glycemic control during lockdown in comparison to pre-lockdown parameters in individuals with long-standing type 2 diabetes.