Nonsurgical Diabetes Weight Management: Be Prepared for Sustainable and Practical Interventions.
Summary of "Nonsurgical Diabetes Weight Management: Be Prepared for Sustainable and Practical Interventions."
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Affiliation
Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA, 02481, USA, Osama.hamdy@joslin.harvard.edu.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Current diabetes reports
ISSN: 1539-0829
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21222057
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11892-010-0172-9
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Treatment Outcome
Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, practicability, etc., of these interventions in individual cases or series.
Dalteparin
A low-molecular-weight fragment of heparin, prepared by nitrous acid depolymerization of porcine mucosal heparin. The mean molecular weight is 4000-6000 daltons. It is used therapeutically as an antithrombotic agent. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
Fetal Macrosomia
A condition of fetal overgrowth leading to a large-for-gestational-age FETUS. It is defined as BIRTH WEIGHT greater than 4,000 grams or above the 90th percentile for population and sex-specific growth curves. It is commonly seen in GESTATIONAL DIABETES; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; and pregnancies complicated by pre-existing diabetes mellitus.
Polyuria
Urination of a large volume of urine with an increase in urinary frequency, commonly seen in diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS).
Materials Management, Hospital
The management of all procurement, distribution, and storage of equipment and supplies, as well as logistics management including laundry, processing of reusables, etc.
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