OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE

Diabetes mellitus is a common, serious, and treatable disease. Good control is associated with fewer complications. The impact of the disease on the patient, family and the community psychologically and physically is staggering. This paper aims to update the reader on certain issues related to the m...

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Autores principales: Al-Faris, Eiad A., Amin, Hussein S., Al-Rukban, Mohammed O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2006
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012096
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description Diabetes mellitus is a common, serious, and treatable disease. Good control is associated with fewer complications. The impact of the disease on the patient, family and the community psychologically and physically is staggering. This paper aims to update the reader on certain issues related to the management of diabetes. Recent criteria for the diagnosis are presented followed by non-pharmacological and pharmacological management, glycemic monitoring, prevention, continuity of diabetes care and the control of co-morbidities. Throughout, as far as possible, the best available evidence was used.
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spelling pubmed-34100752012-09-24 OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE Al-Faris, Eiad A. Amin, Hussein S. Al-Rukban, Mohammed O. J Family Community Med Review Article Diabetes mellitus is a common, serious, and treatable disease. Good control is associated with fewer complications. The impact of the disease on the patient, family and the community psychologically and physically is staggering. This paper aims to update the reader on certain issues related to the management of diabetes. Recent criteria for the diagnosis are presented followed by non-pharmacological and pharmacological management, glycemic monitoring, prevention, continuity of diabetes care and the control of co-morbidities. Throughout, as far as possible, the best available evidence was used. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2006 /pmc/articles/PMC3410075/ /pubmed/23012096 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE
title OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE
title_full OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE
title_fullStr OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE
title_full_unstemmed OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE
title_short OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE
title_sort outpatient management of type 2 diabetic patients: a review of evidence-based literature
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23012096
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