Is mortality in adult-onset autoimmune diabetes associated with poor glycemic control : results from the HUNT Study?
Mortality in autoimmune diabetes was as high as in type 2 diabetes, despite a more favorable baseline metabolic risk profile. Excess risk was associated with poor glycemic control. The results from this study, the largest so far on mortality in autoimmune diabetes in adults, underscore the importance of optimal treatment modalities to improve survival in adult-onset autoimmune diabetes.
Difficult epidural insertion is not associated with an increased risk of needle contamination and is therefore an unlikely source of epidural infection.