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Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults
In the near future, the majority of patients with diabetes will be adults aged 65 or older. Unlike young adults with diabetes, elderly diabetic people may be affected by a variety of comorbid conditions such as depression, cognitive impairment, muscle weakness (sarcopenia), falls and fractures, and...
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Korean Diabetes Association
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3486979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2012.36.5.336 |
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author | Kim, Kyung Soo Kim, Soo Kyung Sung, Kyung Mi Cho, Yong Wook Park, Seok Won |
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description | In the near future, the majority of patients with diabetes will be adults aged 65 or older. Unlike young adults with diabetes, elderly diabetic people may be affected by a variety of comorbid conditions such as depression, cognitive impairment, muscle weakness (sarcopenia), falls and fractures, and physical frailty. These geriatric syndromes should be considered in the establishment of treatment goals in older adults with diabetes. Although there are several guidelines for the management of diabetes, only a few are specifically designed for the elderly with diabetes. In this review, we present specific conditions of elderly diabetes which should be taken into account in the management of diabetes in older adults. We also present advantages and disadvantages of various glucose-lowering agents that should be considered when choosing a proper regimen for older adults with diabetes. |
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spelling | pubmed-34869792012-11-05 Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults Kim, Kyung Soo Kim, Soo Kyung Sung, Kyung Mi Cho, Yong Wook Park, Seok Won Diabetes Metab J Review In the near future, the majority of patients with diabetes will be adults aged 65 or older. Unlike young adults with diabetes, elderly diabetic people may be affected by a variety of comorbid conditions such as depression, cognitive impairment, muscle weakness (sarcopenia), falls and fractures, and physical frailty. These geriatric syndromes should be considered in the establishment of treatment goals in older adults with diabetes. Although there are several guidelines for the management of diabetes, only a few are specifically designed for the elderly with diabetes. In this review, we present specific conditions of elderly diabetes which should be taken into account in the management of diabetes in older adults. We also present advantages and disadvantages of various glucose-lowering agents that should be considered when choosing a proper regimen for older adults with diabetes. Korean Diabetes Association 2012-10 2012-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3486979/ /pubmed/23130317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2012.36.5.336 Text en Copyright © 2012 Korean Diabetes Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Kim, Kyung Soo Kim, Soo Kyung Sung, Kyung Mi Cho, Yong Wook Park, Seok Won Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults |
title | Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults |
title_full | Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults |
title_short | Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Older Adults |
title_sort | management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3486979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2012.36.5.336 |
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