International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Sep 2021
Impact of Alcohol Use Disorder on Stroke Risk in Geriatric Patients with Prediabetes: A Nationwide Analysis.
With rising trends of prediabetes in the geriatric population, we aim to assess the impact of alcohol use disorder (AUD) on the outcomes of patients with prediabetes. ⋯ AUD in the elderly prediabetes patients increases the stroke risk by up to 33% which can adversely influence the survival rate and healthcare infrastructure.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Sep 2021
Positive effects of selenium supplementation in women with newly diagnosed Hashimoto's thyroiditis in an area with low selenium status.
Autoimmune thyroid diseases, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis, are the most common ones among autoimmune diseases. The reported effects of selenium supplementation on the course of Hashimoto's thyroiditis are not consistent. It is therefore important to continue this line of research. ⋯ The study shows a potential way of protective effect of selenium in limiting development of overt hypothyroidism. The increase in the concentrations of Se and SELENOP in the serum of patients verifies successful supplementation and good compliance, but did not affect the antioxidant status parameters measured.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Sep 2021
An Evaluation of Ischemia-Modified Albumin Levels in the Development of Diabetic Foot Ulcer.
This study investigated the status of serum ischaemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels in the development of diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and in predicting ulcer formation and ulcer grading. ⋯ Our study findings indicate that together with CRP, ESH, WBC and albumin, increased IMA levels in patients with DM can be useful in the early prevention of DFU development and in predicting the severity of DFU infection.
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Sep 2021
ReviewCommunity Pharmacists' knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral healthcare and its management: a systematic review.
Community pharmacists play a significant part in providing oral healthcare advice as there are significant connections between oral healthcare and body system healthcare. ⋯ Community pharmacists were lacking knowledge on oral health mainly because of paucity in providing appropriate training courses. This has led to poor practices towards oral healthcare as they were unable to provide suitable products recommendations to the patients. This has led the community pharmacists into lack of attitudes in providing oral health information. However, most of the community pharmacists were conscious of their role in the oral healthcare system and were willing to improve their knowledge of oral healthcare.