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Why Do Falls and Lower Limb Fractures Occur More Frequently in the Diabetic Patient and How Can They Be Prevented?

Due to primarily sarcopenia and hypoglycemia but also neuropathy, hypotension, analgesics and polypharmacy, there is an increased incidence of falls and hip fractures in both the type 1 and type 2 diabetic patient. Utilization of insulin, hypotensive drugs, analgesics and perhaps canagliflozin furth...

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Autores principales: Bell, David S. H., Goncalves, Edison
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7376770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32651838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13300-020-00877-z