Guidelines for the Management of Complications of Diabetes in Saudi Arabia Using Delphi Technique for Consensus Among National Experts by Raed Aldahash, Mohammed A. Batais, Ashraf El-Metwally, Saja Alhosan, Mohammed Alharbi, Mohammed Almutairi, Abdulghani Alsaeed, Mohammed Alsofiani, Mohammed AlMehthel, Mohammed Aldubayee, Khaled Aldossari, Sulieman Alshehri

“…Given the negative consequences of diabetes mellitus (DM), it is critical to develop guidelines for its management. (2) Methods: After a thorough review of the literature around diabetes management, a diverse panel of 14 clinical experts was identified to participate in the Delphi process. …”
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A New Way for Beta Cell Neogenesis: Transdifferentiation from Alpha Cells Induced by Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 by Zhen Zhang, Yinghui Hu, Ningning Xu, Wenjun Zhou, Lei Yang, Rongping Chen, Rui Yang, Jia Sun, Hong Chen

“…In the present study, we adopted single high-dose (60 mg/kg, i.p.) streptozotocin (STZ) to model diabetes mellitus (DM) and randomly assigned short-tail (SD) rats to a normal group, a diabetic group, GLP1 groups (50 μg/kg, 100 μg/kg, and 200 μg/kg), a GLP1 (200 μg/kg) with exendin (9-39) group, and a GLP1 with LY294002 group. …”
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A systematic review of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D. adams traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, bioactivities, and toxicities by Roggers Gang, Denis Okello, Yeongjun Ban, Youngmin Kang

“…Adams, popularly referred to as wild sunflower, has been used for generations across several African communities to treat various diseases, including malaria, wounds, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, gastric ulcers, measles, tuberculosis, stomach ache, rheumatic pains, and gonorrhea. …”
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Factores asociados a las complicaciones de la cirugía electiva de las hernias inguinales [retractado] by Mamadou Saliou Diallo, Zenén Rodríguez Fernández, Germán Joubert Álvarez, Roald Luís Gavilán Yodú, Ernesto Casamayor Callejas

“…Conclusiones: Los factores referentes a la edad mayor de 50 años, sexo masculino, antecedentes de hipertensión arterial y diabetes mellitus, y hernias tipo II según la clasificación de Nyhus se asocian a la presentación de complicaciones agudas (edema del cordón espermático e infección del sitio operatorio) y crónicas (recidiva y granuloma) de la cirugía electiva de las hernias inguinales. …”
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Impaired Glucose Metabolisms of Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes by Ye Zhang, Yanpeng Xing, Haibo Yuan, Xiaokun Gang, Weiying Guo, Zhuo Li, Guixia Wang

“…Besides, we chose 20 individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) as a subgroup for an in-depth study. …”
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Demographic and Clinical Determinants of Tuberculosis and TB Recurrence: A Double-Edged Retrospective Study from Pakistan by Mariam Ahmed Mujtaba, Matthew Richardson, Hira Shahzad, Muhammad Ishaq Javed, Ghazala Kaukab Raja, Pakeeza Arzoo Shaiq, Pranabashis Haldar, Sadia Saeed

“…In our study cohort, factors significantly associated with TB were low BMI (OR: 0.961 (CI 0.954–0.968), p<0.001), female gender (OR: 2.065 (CI 1.922–2.219), p<0.001), being single/unmarried (OR: 1.214 (CI 1.109–1.328), p=0.003), middle-income status (OR: 1.935 (CI 1.616–2.323), p<0.001), smoking (OR: 1.567 (CI 1.435–1.710), p<0.001), and diabetes mellitus (OR: 1.142 (CI 1.017–1.278), p=0.023). …”
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Nailfold capillary abnormalities as indicators of diabetic nephropathy progression: a cross-sectional study in type 2 diabetes by Po-Chi Hsu, Pei-Yung Liao, Ssu-Wei Huang, Hen-Hong Chang, John Y. Chiang, Lun-Chien Lo

“…Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) leads to chronic hyperglycemia and microvascular complications, including diabetic nephropathy (DN). …”
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Development and validation of a novel bleeding risk prediction tool for aspirin users with a low body mass index by Lu Yifang, Lei Wanlin, Wang Maofeng

“…The boruta model, which demonstrated the highest AUC, consisted of six clinical variables: hemoglobin, platelet count, previous bleeding, tumor, smoke, and diabetes mellitus. These variables were integrated into a visually represented nomogram. …”
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Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cardiovascular Disease by Caterina Oriana Aragona, Egidio Imbalzano, Federica Mamone, Valentina Cairo, Alberto Lo Gullo, Angela D’Ascola, Maria Adriana Sardo, Michele Scuruchi, Giorgio Basile, Antonino Saitta, Giuseppe Mandraffino

“…MEDLINE was searched using keywords related to “endothelial progenitor cells” and “endothelium” and, for the different categories, respectively, “smoking”; “blood pressure”; “diabetes mellitus” or “insulin resistance”; “dyslipidemia”; “aging” or “elderly”; “angina pectoris” or “myocardial infarction”; “stroke” or “cerebrovascular disease”; “homocysteine”; “C-reactive protein”; “vitamin D”. …”
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Polyvascular Disease in Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Its Predictors and Outcomes by Hassan Al Thani, Ayman El-Menyar, Khalid F. AlHabib, Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Ahmad Hersi, Hussam AlFaleh, Nidal Asaad, Shukri Al Saif, Wael Almahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Haitham Amin, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Khalid AlNemer, Jassim Al Suwaidi

“…They were less likely to receive evidence-based therapies. Diabetes mellitus, renal failure, and hypertension were independent predictors for presence of PolyVD. …”
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions for COVID-19: Insights Using State-Level Data by Rohit S. Loomba, Enrique G. Villarreal, Juan S. Farias, Ronald A. Bronicki, Saul Flores

“…Multivariate analyses also demonstrated an association between pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus with increased CPA duration requiring advanced respiratory support (beta coefficient 5.1, p<0.01) and intubation (beta coefficient 4.6, p<0.01). …”
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Insights from Dysregulated mRNA Expression Profile of β-Cells in Response to Proinflammatory Cytokines by Zhen Wang, Kunlin Huang, Jing Xu, Jia Liu, Ying Zheng

“…Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease that is characterized by autoimmunity and its mediated β-cell damage. …”
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Determination of Factors Affecting Sleep Quality in Postoperative Patients and Improvement of Correctible Causes by Ayşegül Özgök, Gökçe Selçuk Sert, Dilek Öztürk Kazancı

“…The diseases we investigated included hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, asthma, heart failure, cerebrovascular diseases, thyroid function disorders, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney diseases, and chronic kidney failure. …”
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Long-Term Anatomic and Functional Outcomes after Macular Hole Surgery by Karolina Kaźmierczak, Joanna Stafiej, Joanna Stachura, Paweł Żuchowski, Grażyna Malukiewicz

“…These conditions, as well as probably early stage of diabetes mellitus, influenced functional outcomes of studied eyes. …”
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Acute effects of physical exercise on cognitive function and neurotrophins in patients with type 1 diabetes: A systematic review by Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Federica Duregon, Marco Vecchiato, Chiara Bergia, Kirk Erickson, Andrea Ermolao, Daniel Neunhaeuserer

“…Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with cognitive decline. …”
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Impact of postoperative morbidity on the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after laparoscopic liver resection: a multicenter observational study by Shiye Yang, Haishun Ni, Aixian Zhang, Jixiang Zhang, Hong Zang, Zhibing Ming

“…This study included 420 patients, 147 (35%) of whom experienced postoperative morbidity. Diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, Child-Pugh grade B, multiple tumors, poor tumor differentiation and intraoperative blood transfusion were risk factors of postoperative morbidity. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude on Insulin Self-Administration among Type 1 Diabetic Patients at Metu Karl Referral Hospital, Ethiopia by Tewodros Yosef

“…Background. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. …”
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Utilizing bioinformatics and machine learning to identify CXCR4 gene-related therapeutic targets in diabetic foot ulcers by Hengyan Zhang, Ye Zhou, Heguo Yan, Changxing Huang, Licong Yang, Yangwen Liu

“…BackgroundDiabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication of diabetes mellitus that manifests as chronic, non-healing wounds that have a significant impact on patients quality of life. …”
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The Effect of a Patient Activation Tailored Intervention on Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management and Clinical Outcomes: A Study from Saudi Arabian Primary Care Settings by Nasser Almutairi, Vinod Gopaldasani, Hassan Hosseinzadeh

“…Background. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global public health challenge. …”
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Tangduqing Granules Attenuate Insulin Resistance and Abnormal Lipid Metabolism through the Coordinated Regulation of PPARγ and DGAT2 in Type 2 Diabetic Rats by Qinghua Zhang, Yingying Huang, Xiaojin Li, Hongyi Liu, Baichuan He, Bin Wang, Yuntao Ma, Xiang Zhou, Yaqin Liu, Shentao Wu

“…Insulin resistance (IR) is a vital hallmark of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is characterized by an impaired ability of insulin to promote glucose uptake and utilization. …”
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