Glimepiride in type 2 diabetes mellitus Thai patients.

This study aimed to confirm the efficacy of glimepiride given once daily in the treatment of Thai type 2 diabetic patients and to find out the optimum dosage for Thai patients. The patients were enrolled at the diabetic clinics of 5 hospitals (Rajavithi, Chulalongkorn, Pramongkutklao, Siriraj and Theptarin Hospitals). All patients started glimepiride 1 mg once daily and escalated to 2, 3, 4 and until 6 mg every 4 weeks if fasting plasma glucose (FPG) exceeded 140 mg/dL.

A controlled clinical trial of multidisciplinary team approach in the general medical wards of Chulalongkorn Hospital.

The benefits and acceptability of a strengthened physician-nurse collaboration and a multidisciplinary team approach are demonstrated in the medical wards of a Thai acute-care hospital (Chulalongkorn University Hospital). The strengthened physician-nurse collaboration should be introduced or strengthened in all medical wards. Because of the lack of appropriately trained personnel, concentrating resources into a small unit or ward may be the appropriate measure at present if a multidisciplinary team approach is to be integrated into the medical ward of acute-care hospitals in South East Asia.

Disability among Thai elderly living in Klong Toey slum.

Forty three per cent of the elderly in Klong Toey slum had BAI score less than 20. One point six per cent were moderately severe or severely disabled and needed special care. Around one-third of them caused by stroke.

The prevalence of obesity, risk factors and associated diseases in Klong Toey slum and Klong Toey government apartment houses.

The epidemiological study in low socioeconomic area of Bangkok, Klong Toey slum residents (n = 976) and apartment house residents (n = 906) of both sexes revealed the prevalence rates of overweight of 25.5% and 30.5%, obesity 10% and 11.