[Interrelations between blood coagulation and lipid metabolism in patients with diabetes mellitus]

Glucocorticoid treatment was performed in 31 patients with diabetes mellitus (41 examinations). The therapy was effective in the patients with the labile form of the disease, in diabetic nephropathy not accompanied by stable azotemia and after administration of allergenic insulin drugs. Steroids should be combined with divided doses of short-acting insulin drugs within 24 hours. The adrenocortical drugs are absolutely contraindicated in pronounced ketosis. The treatment above can be aggravated by a chronic inflammatory process, especially by cholecystitis.