Association of diabetic ketoacidosis and HbA1c at onset with year-three HbA1c in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Data from the International SWEET Registry.

Objective: To establish whether diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) or HbA1c at onset is associated with year-three HbA1c in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Methods: Children with T1D from the SWEET registry, diagnosed <18 years, with documented clinical presentation, HbA1c at onset and follow-up were included. Participants were categorized according to T1D onset: (a) DKA (DKA with coma, DKA without coma, no DKA); (b) HbA1c at onset (low [<10%], medium [10 to <12%], high [≥12%]).

The risk of early cardiovascular disease in Lithuanian diabetic children and adolescents: a type 1 diabetes register database based study.

Aims: The aim was to assess the frequency and correlates of selected cardiovascular disease risk factors among Lithuanian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Methods: A cohort of 539 T1DM children was investigated. Total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride (TG), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) was determined.

[Diagnosis and management of 46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis and disorder of sexual differentiation].

Objective: We present our experience in diagnosing, gender assignment, and surgical management of sexual ambiguity in 46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study of five cases treated from 2003 to 2006 was performed. Clinical picture, operative findings, testosterone levels, and immunohistochemistry of gonads for the expression of FOXL2, SOX9, AMH, AMHr, C-kit, and PLAP were analyzed.

Cigarette smoking and waiting time to pregnancy: results of a pilot study.

Waiting time to pregnancy is an important characteristic of human reproductive health, which has not been investigated in Lithuania until now. Data on waiting time to pregnancy have been collected from medical records of 111 women admitted to the Department of Obstetrics, Klaipeda Hospital. Seven women in whom pregnancy was the result of infertility treatment were excluded from the analysis, and the rest 104 cases were analyzed.

[Rational treatment of diabetes mellitus in Siauliai and Telsiai regions, Lithuania].

Objective: The evaluation of adherence to guidelines on rationality in prescribing reimbursed medicines for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Material And Methods: A retrospective evaluation of drug utilization in national public health insurance database and analysis of 906 case histories of diabetic patients in respect of nonadherence to guidelines.

Results: A total of 184 (20.