Diabetes in the Elderly

The elderly are an important and distinct yet heterogeneous group of persons living with diabetes. The elderly have a unique biomedical, psychological, and social constitution. Their needs are different from those of younger adults. This implies that special care must be taken while evaluating and p...

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Autores principales: Kalra, Sanjay, Sharma, Suresh K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2018
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Practical Approach
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6104259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13300-018-0380-x
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description The elderly are an important and distinct yet heterogeneous group of persons living with diabetes. The elderly have a unique biomedical, psychological, and social constitution. Their needs are different from those of younger adults. This implies that special care must be taken while evaluating and planning their nursing and management. Diabetes management in the elderly should focus on prevention and limitation of geriatric syndromes (medical conditions encountered in elderly persons), hypoglycemia (low blood glucose), and neurocognitive dysfunction (impairment in the functioning of the nervous system and brain). This review takes a practical approach to the assessment, nursing care, and medical treatment of diabetes in the elderly. It highlights major challenges and suggests solutions to these commonly encountered clinical problems.
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spelling pubmed-61042592018-08-27 Diabetes in the Elderly Kalra, Sanjay Sharma, Suresh K. Diabetes Ther Practical Approach The elderly are an important and distinct yet heterogeneous group of persons living with diabetes. The elderly have a unique biomedical, psychological, and social constitution. Their needs are different from those of younger adults. This implies that special care must be taken while evaluating and planning their nursing and management. Diabetes management in the elderly should focus on prevention and limitation of geriatric syndromes (medical conditions encountered in elderly persons), hypoglycemia (low blood glucose), and neurocognitive dysfunction (impairment in the functioning of the nervous system and brain). This review takes a practical approach to the assessment, nursing care, and medical treatment of diabetes in the elderly. It highlights major challenges and suggests solutions to these commonly encountered clinical problems. Springer Healthcare 2018-02-19 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6104259/ /pubmed/29460258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13300-018-0380-x Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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