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Background: Diabetes and hypertension are common diseases that increase the risk of each other and may also cause cardiac, vascular and renal complications. Although the prevalence of hypertension in outpatients with diabetes has been studied several time, information about inpatients is limited. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of hypertension in hospitalized diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus hospitalized for any reason were included to the study. Hypertension was defined as taking antihypertensive drugs or having at least two arterial blood pressure greater than 140/90 mmHg in hospital. Results: The prevalence of hypertension in hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients was 52.6%. Blood pressure was not under control in 29 (29.5%) of 98 patients who used anti-hypertensive drug. The ages and body mass index (BMI) of patients with hypertension were significantly higher than those without hypertension (63.2 ± 10.4 vs. 55.3 ± 11.2, p <0.001 for age; 31.0 ± 6.8 vs. 27.5 ± 5.6 for BMI, p <0.001 ). The frequency of smokers was significantly higher in patients without hypertension (67.0%) than in those with hypertension (45.5%) (p=0.004). The creatinine level was found to be significantly higher in diabetics with hypertension (1.2 ± 1.0) than in those without hypertension (1.0 ± 0.5) (p=0.038). Conclusions: Inpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus may often be accompanied by hypertension during hospitalization. Blood pressure of one third of these patients is not under control and this situation may negatively contribute to diabetes-related complications. The presence and treatment of hypertension in individuals with diabetes must be questioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is developing in 15%> of diabetic patients and 3%> of them have lower extremity amputation. Negative pressure wound treatment (NPWT) is a modern, noninvasive adjunctive therapy system. The aim of this study is to share our experience with the use of NPWT in our patients with DFU and to emphasize its impact on healing. Methods: Patients who were admitted to the clinic due to DFU and who used NPWT during their treatment were retrospectively reviewed. The status of the injury before and after NPWT was evaluated by looking at the photographs taken before. The recovery status of the wounds was classified as "complete improvement", "large improvement", "partial improvement", "no improvement" and "worsening" based on the observation of two different specialists. Results: We enrolled 13 patients to our study, whom of 8 were female and 5 were male. All our patients were treated six NBYT sessions. The mean age of the patients was 61.2 ± 5.3 years and the Wagner class was 2 in five patients, 3 in seven patients and 4 in one patient. Fifty four % of the patients had partial improvement, 39%> had a significant improvement, and 8%> had no improvement. With NBYT, C-reactive protein (±%: - 88,9 ± 70,3) (p <0.007), sedimentation rate (±%: - 40,7 ± 13,4) (p <0.005) and white blood cells (hücr%: - 40.6 ± 35.3) (p <0.007) levels was significantly reduced. Conclusions: According to our clinical experience we believe that effective use of NPWT will increase blood flow in DFU ulcers and may improve recovery rates by reducing proinflammatory markers and exudates and reduce amputation rates in selected patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Obesity is a public-health problem related with important chronic diseases such as diabetes. We aimed to investigate the clinical utility of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in determination of body composition and influence of body fat and visceral fat on clinical and metabolic parameters in premenopausal obese women with prediabetes. Methods: Sixty normoglycemic subjects (group 1), 65 subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) (group 2) and 33 subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or IFG+IGT (group 3) were included. Results: Visceral fat mass (VF) and percentage of fat free mass (FFM%), body fat (BF%) determined by BIA were similar in both groups. BF% and VF has been found to be correlate with other body composition parameters such as height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC); additionally, VF showed positive correlation with AST (p<0.001) and ALT levels (p=0.003) in prediabetic study population (groups 2 and 3). Conclusion: Parameters determined by BIA correlate with standard methods used in clinical practice such as weight, BMI, WC and HC suggest us the validity of the method in determining body composition. Further studies are needed to examine the association between transaminases and VF measured by BIA in hepatosteatosis and in other conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Hypopituitarism is defined as partial or complete insufficiency of pituitary hormone secretion. The clinical manifestations of hypopituitarism are variable, often insidious in onset and dependent on the degree of hormone deficiency. In a patient with hypopituitarism we first identified Fanconi syndrome, a generalized tubular dysfunction. The interesting point of this case was various electrolyte imbalances. The diagnosis of hypopituitarism, and Fanconi syndrome was based on these abnormalities. Clinical improvement was obtained by prednisolone, thyroxine, calcitriol, and calcium supplements. In conclusion, in the existence of various electrolyte imbalances, hypopituitarism and Fanconi syndrome coincidence should be taken into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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