Hyperglycemia can lead to long-term complications such as cardiovascular disease that might interfere the performance of civilian pilot. This study aimed to identify the factors that contribute to the risk of hyperglycemia. The subjects of this cross-sectional study consisted of purposively selected male civilian pilots who underwent periodic medical check-up at the Aviation Medical Center…
Sepsis is a major cause of infant and child mortality. Hyperglycemia worsens situation in patients with sepsis and increases mortality. Unfortunately, hyperglycemia in patients with sepsis is of ten ignored by clinicians. This study aimed to estimate the association between hyperglycemia and mortality in children with sepsis after controlling for multi-organ dysfunctions (MOD), age, and nutriti…
Prevention of pancreatic tissue damage by free radicals under conditions of hyperglycemia chronic would be important and vitamin E can act as scavengers of these oxygen radicals in preventing the development of diabetes mellitus. This study aims was to evaluate the effect of vitamin E on the hyperglycemia conditions on the blood glucose, enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase…