Hypoglycemia and overtreatment of diabetes in elderly subjects: observations from 3 studies over a period of 12 years
<p><strong>Purpose</strong>: Despite recent new recommendations from professional societies regarding the management of diabetes in older adults, it is clear that in routine practice, treatment targets are often ill-suited to the health state of polymorbid elderly diabetic patients...
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Archive of Gerontology and Geriatrics Research - Peertechz Publications,
2019-11-06.
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Purpose</strong>: Despite recent new recommendations from professional societies regarding the management of diabetes in older adults, it is clear that in routine practice, treatment targets are often ill-suited to the health state of polymorbid elderly diabetic patients.</p><p><strong>Methods and results</strong>: Over these last 12 years, we have performed one prospective and two retrospectives studies investigating the treatment of diabetes in our 200-bed Geriatric Care unit.</p><p><br></p> |
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| DOI: | 10.17352/aggr.000010 |