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Prim Care Diabetes
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; Asia Diabetes Foundation, Hong Kong SAR. Electronic address:
The Western Pacific Region hosts the largest proportion of people with diabetes. Despite being a key diabetes-related complication, diabetic foot ulcer has been neglected in both prevention and treatment efforts. This narrative review highlights available data on the burden (either prevalence or incidence), as well as microbial profiles of diabetic foot ulcers in the Western Pacific Region, identifies data gaps, and discusses strategies to address these gaps.
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January 2025
Department of Hand and Foot Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China. Electronic address:
Delayed wound healing is a complication of diabetes mellitus and can lead to infection, sepsis, and amputation. Despite the currently available treatments, the global burden of diabetes-related wounds is growing; thus, more effective therapy for diabetic wounds is urgently needed. Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, is a 28-amino acid peptide hormone.
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December 2024
Department of Nursing, Wuhan Fourth Hospital Wuhan 430030, Hubei, China.
Objective: To investigate the effects of nursing interventions based on stress and accommodation theory on the mental state and self-management competence of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods: Fifty-five T2DM patients admitted to our hospital in 2022 who received standard nursing interventions were selected as the control group, and 61 T2DM patients admitted in 2023 who received stress and adaptation theory-based nursing intervention in addition to standard nursing interventions were enrolled as the observation group. Changes of blood glucose levels, mood state score, self-management competence and life quality were compared between the two groups before and after intervention.
Am J Transl Res
December 2024
Burn Plastic Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Zunyi (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University) Zunyi 563000, Guizhou, China.
Objective: To investigate the psychological stress levels in patients with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and evaluate the effects of using a luffa sponge in vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) treatment.
Methods: This retrospective study analyzed the clinical data from 110 DFU patients treated with VSD at The First People's Hospital of Zunyi (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University) between September 2021 and October 2023. Patients were categorized into two groups based on psychological stress levels: an observation group (with psychological stress, n=42) and a control group (without psychological stress, n=68).
Undersea Hyperb Med
January 2025
Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Introduction: When administering HBO , pressures can range from 1.4 atmospheres absolute (ATA) to 3 ATA. While different treatment profiles have been proposed, there is a paucity of literature comparing the effectiveness and risk profile associated with different pressures treating the same condition.
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