Chinese medical journal
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Chinese medical journal · Dec 2012
Risk factors and pain status due to diabetic neuropathy in chronic long-term diabetic patients in a Chinese urban population.
With economic growth and urbanization there have been significant changes in the life style and diet of urban residents in large cities of China, which is experiencing a rapid increase in the prevalence of diabetes. While high prevalence of diabetes has been reported, little is known of the long-term effects of diabetes in such a large population. The aim of this study was to estimate the morbidity rate of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in a Chinese urban diabetic population with more than 10 years' disease duration, and evaluate the relevant risk factors. The clinical manifestation of DPN and pain status was also assessed. ⋯ The morbidity rate of DPN for diabetic patients with > 10 years duration is very high compared to the range reported for other populations in the world. The risk factors for DPN include HbA1c, hyperlipidemia, and retinopathy. In long-standing diabetic patients, DPN was not associated with diabetic duration, and half of the DPN patients experienced considerable daily suffering.
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Chinese medical journal · Dec 2012
Management status of type 2 diabetes mellitus in tertiary hospitals in Beijing: gap between guideline and reality.
Diabetes has become one of the most common chronic diseases and the third leading cause of death in China. Many programs have been initiated at national and local levels to address the illness. However, the effect of these programs in daily outpatient clinics is still unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the management status of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and factors associated with it in diabetes clinics of tertiary hospitals in Beijing. ⋯ The management status of T2DM patients in tertiary hospitals in Beijing has improved remarkably. However, there is still room for further improvement to reach the guideline target. Long diabetes duration, high BMI, smoking, male gender and low education level were independently associated with poor metabolic control.
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Chinese medical journal · Dec 2012
Use of secondary preventive medications in patients with atherosclerotic disease in urban China: a cross-sectional study of 16, 860 patients.
Despite considerable improvements in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease in various populations over the last few decades, there are still limited data about long-term treatment patterns among patients with various atherosclerotic vascular conditions in China, especially the use of statin therapy. ⋯ In urban China, there is still significant underuse of various proven secondary preventive therapies, with particularly low use of statins in patients with ischaemic stroke.
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Chinese medical journal · Dec 2012
Anatomy, classification of intersinus septal cell and its clinical significance in frontal sinus endoscopic surgery in Chinese subjects.
Intersinus septal cell (ISSC) is not a very uncommon frontal recess cell. But it is poorly described in literature. The clinical significance of this anatomic variant still remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to clarify the anatomy, classification of ISSC and its clinical significance in Chinese subjects. ⋯ The prevalence of ISSC was very high in Chinese patients. The classification of ISSC was helpful for surgeon to operate according to whether it communicated with frontal sinus or frontal recess. The type II ISSC could be relatively easily removed from frontal recess.
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Chinese medical journal · Nov 2012
An Asian population-based survival analysis of patients with distal esophageal and gastric cardia adenocarcinomas.
Gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinomas include adenocarcinomas of the distal esophagus (DE) and gastric cardia (GC). It is controversial whether these tumors are the same entity and whether they have the same survival rates. Patients with DE and GC adenocarcinomas have a similar survival rate in the US; however, data are lacking in Asian countries. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to understand the implications of the tumor location in the survival of Asian patients. ⋯ Patients with DE and GC adenocarcinomas have similar survival rates in the Asian population. Both post-operative N staging and AJCC staging are prognostic factors.