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<journal-id>2221-2434</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Finlay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Finlay]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2221-2434</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Centro Provincial de información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2221-24342023000100104</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aplicación de ozono por vía rectal a pacientes con diabetes mellitus]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Rectal Application of Ozone to Patients with Diabetes Mellitus]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morejón Barroso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Omar]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Menéndez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Imandra María]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Varela Castro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leticia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bernal Valladares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto Julio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Comunitario Docente José Luis Chaviano  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cienfuegos ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>104</fpage>
<lpage>110</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2221-24342023000100104&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2221-24342023000100104&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2221-24342023000100104&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento:  los pacientes con diabetes mellitus cursan con un aumento importante en el estrés oxidativo, donde hay una disminución en la actividad de los sistemas antioxidantes y un incremento de los productos de oxidación. El ozono actúa induciendo estrés oxidativo moderado y estimulando una defensa antioxidante enzimática.  Objetivo:  caracterizar el control metabólico de los pacientes diabéticos al inicio y al culminar la terapia con ozono rectal.  Métodos:  se realizó un estudio cuasi experimental con pre y post terapia, donde el universo estuvo constituido por 121 pacientes diabéticos del consultorio médico de familia, número 15 del Policlínico Comunitario Docente José Luis Chaviano de Cienfuegos aplicándoles ozonoterapia por vía rectal previa evaluación médica, por 15 sesiones dos veces al año. Fueron recogidas como variables demográficas: edad y sexo; clínicas: parámetros hemoquímicos, tiempo de evolución de la enfermedad y estado nutricional; como complicaciones neurovasculares: pie diabético, polineuropatía diabética y retinopatía diabética; tratamientos: hipoglucemiantes; factores de riesgo modificables: hipertensión arterial, diabetes mellitus, tabaquismo, alcoholismo, realización de ejercicio físico; cálculo del índice de masa corporal. Los resultados hallados fueron expresados fundamentalmente mediante tablas y gráficos como principales recursos del lenguaje estadístico.  Resultados:  los pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 predominaron con un 95,0 %. Existió una disminución de 2, 769 mmol/L de las cifras de glucemia después del tratamiento con ozono rectal lo que muestra un control metabólico.  Conclusiones:  la ozonoterapia rectal puede ser utilizada como terapia complementaria al tratamiento convencional de pacientes con diabetes mellitus, pues mejora los parámetros de glucemia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background: patients with diabetes mellitus have a significant increase in oxidative stress, where there is a decrease in the activity of antioxidant systems and an increase in oxidation products. Ozone acts by inducing moderate oxidative stress and stimulating an enzymatic antioxidant defense.  Objective: to characterize the metabolic control of diabetic patients at the beginning and at the end of rectal ozone therapy.  Methods: a quasi-experimental study was carried out with pre and post therapy, where the universe consisted of 121 diabetic patients from the family doctor's office, number 15 of the José Luis Chaviano Community Teaching Polyclinic in Cienfuegos, applying rectal ozone therapy prior medical evaluation for 15 sessions twice a year. Demographic variables were collected: age and sex; clinics: hemochemical parameters, time of evolution of the disease and nutritional status; as neurovascular complications: diabetic foot, diabetic polyneuropathy and diabetic retinopathy; treatments: hypoglycemic; modifiable risk factors: arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, alcoholism, physical exercise; calculation of body mass index. The results found were expressed mainly through tables and graphs as the main resources of the statistical language.  Results: patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus predominated with 95.0 %. There was a 2,769 mmol/L decrease in blood glucose levels after treatment with rectal ozone, which shows metabolic control.  Conclusions: rectal ozone therapy can be used as a complementary therapy to the conventional treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus, since it improves glycemia parameters.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diabetes mellitus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[oxidative stress]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[metabolic syndrome]]></kwd>
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