Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Nov 2014
Review[Value of lung ultrasound in emergency and intensive care medicine].
Lung ultrasound has traditionally been limited to evaluation of pleural effusion and as guidance for thoracocentesis. However, in recent years, thoracic ultrasound became an increasingly valuable diagnostic tool in emergency and intensive care medicine. The relative easy use of bedside examination made chest ultrasonography diagnostic valuable additional tool to be used in any clinical acute context. Various pulmonary diseases like pleural effusion, pulmonary-venous congestion und edema, pneumonia and pneumothorax can be detected very fast under emergency conditions.
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The insulin replacement is essential in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Insulin therapy has been coupled with relevant side effects such as hypoglycemia and weight gain. Glucagon-like Peptide 1(GLP-1) analogues (liraglutide) and incretin mimetics (exenatide) are approved only for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This review aims to answer the question of what effects exercise GLP-1 analogues on glucose metabolism in people with type 1 diabetes mellitus. ⋯ The delayed gastric emptying and reduction of glucagon is the main mechanism of the improved glycemic control in the glucose metabolism of type 1 diabetes. The present literature shows promising results for the additional substitution of GLP-1 analogues in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Based on the current data, there is a need to carry out large randomized-controlled trials.