Publications by authors named "Ranita Siru"
Presentations that should raise suspicion of secondary hypertension include early-onset, severe or resistant hypertension. A suggestive family history or clinical clues can point to a specific secondary cause. The most common causes and associations are renal disease, primary aldosteronism and obstructive sleep apnoea.
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- This study aimed to investigate if patients with type 2 diabetes and foot ulcers have higher levels of cognitive impairment compared to those without foot ulcers.
- Researchers compared two groups of patients: 55 attending foot ulcer clinics and 56 attending complex diabetes clinics, using screening tests like MMSE and MOCA to assess cognitive function.
- The results showed no significant differences in cognitive scores between the two groups, indicating that cognitive impairment levels are similar in patients with diabetes, regardless of foot ulceration.
Objective: To determine whether, reflecting trends in other chronic complications, incident hospitalization for diabetes-related foot ulcer (DFU) has declined over recent decades in type 2 diabetes.
Research Design And Methods: Participants with type 2 diabetes from the community-based Fremantle Diabetes Study phases I (FDS1; 1,296 participants, mean age 64.0 years, 48.
Objective: Overt thyroid dysfunction is a risk factor for osteoporosis and fractures. Subclinical hyperthyroidism has also been associated with fracture. It remains unclear whether variation in thyroid hormones within the euthyroid range modulates bone health, particularly among older men.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Persons with mental health disorders (MHD) have higher rates of smoking and poorer cessation of smoking outcomes than those without MHD. A decreased level of motivation may partially explain lower cessation rates, but there is little information on motivation among inpatients with MHD.
Objectives: Primary aims were to compare (1) motivation to cease smoking among those hospitalised with MHD or non-MHD, (2) the proportion that attempted smoking cessation, and (3) use of aids to cessation.
Background: People with mental health (MH) disorders smoke at higher rates, are more nicotine-dependent and suffer greater morbidity and mortality from smoking-related illnesses than the general population. Helping these people to quit smoking is a public health priority; however, many MH professionals assume that those with mental illness are not motivated to quit.
Objectives: To use predetermined criteria to identify, review critically and evaluate empirically all English language, peer-reviewed data on motivation to quit smoking in MH populations.