The purpose of this article is to review and evaluate two recent studies, published in the last 5 years, on diabetes associated with other risk factors. One article provided insights into sudden cardiac death among diabetics. The second article assessed trends in the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among people diagnosed with diabetes in the United States (Burrows et al. 2010). Diabetes mellitus is linked to the risk of cardiovascular disease, sudden cardiac arrest, and death (Forslund et al. Among people with sudden cardiac death, nearly half were found to have had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease (Forslund et al. 2010 According to Forslund et al (2010), these sudden deaths could have been significantly reduced if they had been treated effectively. Therefore, this study was implemented to examine how preventive measures were implemented for people with diabetes mellitus, as documented in the their medical records (Forslund et al. 2010). Targeting mainly sudden cardiac death, a further objective was to evaluate the documentation and procedures used in the care of diabetics (Forslund et al. 2010). of people with diabetes was collected, reviewed and analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methods. methods (Forslund et al. 2010). To reduce the large number of data, sample years were limited to between 2003 and 2005, resulting in 56 people diagnosed with diabetes mellitus dying from sudden cardiac arrest. According to this study sample, 2 people had type I diabetes and 54 had type II diabetes (Forslund et al. 2010). Subjects' medical records were evaluated based on documentation of care during the year preceding each individual's sudden cardiac death (Forslund et al. 201... middle of paper... longer durations of diabetes and greater possibility of developing ESRD (Burrows et al. 2010). Overall, for both studies, to prevent complications and premature death, it is necessary to do more than simply ask questions about the patient's lifestyle and symptoms. angina, on diet and nutrition, etc. (Forslund et al. 2010) The real challenge for nurses is to involve people with DM in their care and therefore improve prognosis (Forslund et al. 2010) and reduce the incidence of ESRD, ongoing interventions, such as controlling blood sugar and blood pressure, improving diabetes care, and increasing awareness of risk factors for kidney disease in diabetics could be key (Burrows et al. 2010). Ultimately, diabetes prevention and improved diabetes management are likely to contribute in part to the prevention of kidney disease, ESRD and sudden cardiac arrest.