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Developing a theory-driven contextually relevant mHealth intervention
Background: mHealth interventions have huge potential to reach large numbers of people in resource poor settings but have been criticised for lacking theory-driven design and rigorous evaluation. This paper shares the process we developed when developing
Hannah Maria Jennings +10 more
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Diabetic retinopathy at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in Scotland [PDF]
The prevalence of retinopathy at first screening is lower than in previous UK studies, consistent with earlier diagnosis of diabetes. Most newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients in Scotland are screened within an acceptable interval and the prevalence ...
Lee, N +56 more
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Epidemiologic data suggest that the prevalence of hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus is ∼1.5–2.0 times greater than in matched non-diabetic patients.
Arpeeta Sharma +10 more
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Introduction There is an urgent need to address the growing type 2 diabetes disease burden. 20–30% of adults in rural areas of Bangladesh have intermediate hyperglycaemia and about 10% have diabetes.
Joanna Morrison +12 more
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Adrenocortical tumors in children: Sri Lankan experience from a single center, and a mini review
Background Pediatric adrenocortical tumors include both benign adenomas and highly virulent malignant tumors. However, they are very rare among children.
Naotunna Palliya Guruge Chamidri Randika Naotunna +7 more
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis Without Diabetes [PDF]
Type B insulin resistance syndrome is a rare disease that occurs due to the development of autoantibodies to the insulin receptor and can result in either severe insulin resistance and hyperglycemia or, conversely, hypoglycemia. Diabetes mellitus is often severe, usually transient, and poorly responsive to exogenous insulin. Diabetic ketoacidosis is an
Devina, Willard +3 more
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Background Cell therapy with autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PB-MNCs) may help restore limb perfusion in patients with diabetes mellitus and critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) deemed not eligible for revascularization procedures and
Andrea Panunzi +18 more
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Background Diabetes is 7th largest cause of death worldwide, and prevalence is increasing rapidly in low-and middle-income countries. There is an urgent need to develop and test interventions to prevent and control diabetes and develop the theory about ...
Joanna Morrison +12 more
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The causes of accelerated atherogenesis in diabetes are unclear but the consequences in terms of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are profound. Thus diabetes not only increases the risk of coronary heart disease but also increases the case fatality rate, ensuring that the majority of patients die of cardiovascular causes, often before the age of ...
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A study of 300 pregnancies in 156 Irish diabetics is presented. Thirty per cent of the pregnancies were fifth or later, and the mean maternal age was thirty years. The abortion rate was 11 per cent, and the loss of viable infants was 10 per cent. There was no maternal death.
M I Drury, B A Young
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