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Review Article
Pancreatitis and its relationship to diabetes
Author(s): Obaida Thuloj*, Yahya Almasri and Taghreed Hammoud
Background: In recent years, Post-Pancreatitis Diabetes Mellitus
(PPDM), also known as type 3 diabetes mellitus, has received a
great deal of attention from researchers. PPDM is one of the long-term
sequelae of pancreatitis and PPDM is now the second most
common cause of new onset diabetes in adults after type T2DM
beyond type (T1DM), the aim of this study was to find out the
proportion of patients who developed secondary diabetes
mellitus as a complication of pancreatitis.
Methods: A cross-sectional study in Damascus hospital, in the
department of gastroenterology included 215 cases from 2017 to
2023.
Results: The percentage of males was 116 (54%) and the average
age of the sample was approximately 45 years. Reef Dimashq had
the largest percentage, reaching 108 (50.2%). More than hal.. Read More»
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