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Purpose of ReviewPersons with diabetes are more likely to require orthopedic surgery and are at an increased risk of developing postoperative complications. Recognizing the impact of diabetes on musculoskeletal health provides an opportunity to educate healthcare professionals in standardizing the perioperative approach of persons with diabetes.Rec...
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Purpose of ReviewGiven the epidemiology and demographic trends of diabetes mellitus and cataracts, ophthalmologists are likely to encounter patients with both comorbidities at an increasing frequency. Patients with diabetes represent a higher risk population than healthy patients for cataract surgery. In this review, we discuss key risks and risk-m...
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Purpose of ReviewDiabetic neuropathy from type I diabetes (DMI), type II diabetes (DMII), or gestational diabetes commonly occurs concurrently with restless legs syndrome (RLS) with an estimated prevalence in DMII specifically of 17.7 to 45%. The diagnosis of RLS can be obscured by symptoms of peripheral neuropathy, which may be similar to those of...
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Purpose of ReviewArtificial intelligence (AI) can make advanced inferences based on a large amount of data. The mainstream technologies of the AI boom in 2021 are machine learning (ML) and deep learning, which have made significant progress due to the increase in computational resources accompanied by the dramatic improvement in computer performanc...
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Purpose of reviewPresent the value of a person-centered approach in diabetes management and review current evidence supporting its practice.Recent findingsEarly evidence from glycemic control trials in diabetes resulted in most practice guidelines adopting a glucose-centric intensive approach for management of the disease, consistently relying on H...
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Purpose of ReviewTo review the relationship between sleep and hypoglycemia, sleep characteristics, and their associations with glycemic control in persons with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The effects of sleep interventions and diabetes technology on sleep are summarized.Recent FindingsNocturnal hypoglycemia affects objective and subjective sleep quality...
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Purpose of reviewWe aim to evaluate whether the current literature supports (i) a causal relationship between neighbourhood walkability and risk of diabetes or instead (ii) a strictly epidemiologic association.Recent findingsBoth cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have reported that neighbourhoods that are scored as having higher levels of wa...
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Purpose of ReviewObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with incident coronary and cerebral vascular disease. The mechanisms underlying this association are thought to include increased sympathetic nervous system activity, oxidative stress, and systemic inflammation, with these effects mediated in part by elevated blood pressure and impaired g...
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Purpose of ReviewTo summarise the association between obstructive sleep apnoea and diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema. To examine the effects of other sleep parameters on diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema. To discuss the pathophysiology of diabetic eye changes and how it is related to obstructive sleep apnoea.Recent Fin...
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Purpose of ReviewDiabetes mellitus can be categorized into two major variants, type 1 and type 2. A number of traits such as clinical phenotype, age at disease onset, genetic background, and underlying pathogenesis distinguish the two forms.Recent FindingsRecent evidence indicates that type 1 diabetes can be accompanied by insulin resistance and ty...
