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DIABETES-etiologic classification

What is the etiologic classification of diabetes? Etiology of diabetes mellitus can be different in different people, just as people can belong to two groups. The list shown in Table 1 is not all-inclusive, but reflects the more commonly recognized drug-, hormone-, or...

DIABETES-diagnostic criteria

What are the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus? Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term...

PREDIABETES-diagnostic criteria

What are the diagnostic criteria for prediabetes? Prediabetes is an intermediate state of hyperglycemia with glycemic parameters above normal but below the diabetes threshold. While, the diagnostic criteria of prediabetes are not uniform across various international...

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH-definition

What is cardiac sudden cardiac death? Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the unexpected natural death from a cardiac cause within 1 hour of onset of symptoms, in a person without a previous condition that would appear fatal. Sudden cardiac death is a sudden, unexpected...