Journal of diabetes and its complications
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J. Diabetes Complicat. · Sep 2014
Comparative StudyImpact of comorbidities on pharmacotherapy of painful diabetic neuropathy in clinical practice.
We evaluated the impact of baseline comorbidities on the effectiveness of duloxetine and anticonvulsants (pregabalin/gabapentin) in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy in clinical care. ⋯ Comorbidities such as macroangiopathy and depression as well as pain characteristics should be considered in the treatment of DPNP as they may predict the effectiveness of duloxetine and anticonvulsants.
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J. Diabetes Complicat. · Sep 2014
Assessing the burden of diabetes mellitus in emergency departments in the United States: the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS).
To evaluate the performance of three alternative methods to identify diabetes in patients visiting Emergency Departments (EDs), and to describe the characteristics of patients with diabetes who are not identified when the alternative methods are used. ⋯ NHAMCS's providers' diagnosis codes and medication lists do not identify the majority of patients with diabetes visiting EDs. The newly introduced checkbox is helpful in measuring ED resource utilization by patients with diabetes.