Tag: Diabetes: Misc.
ADA Updates Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes for 2022
Updates include recommendation to screen for prediabetes and diabetes in all people starting at age 35 years
AAN Updates Guideline for Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
When patients do not experience meaningful improvement with initial therapeutic class, medication from different class should be offered
Cre8 EVO Stents Noninferior for PCI in Diabetes Patients With CAD
Cre8 EVO stents noninferior to Resolute Onyx stents for target-lesion failure composite outcome at one year
Access to Care Disrupted for Young Adults With Diabetes in COVID-19
Young adults with diabetes also report lower intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccination compared with those 60 years or older
Diabetes Patients Less Often Perceive Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms
Those with diabetes and a-fib have worse quality of life and more cardiac and neurological morbidities than those without diabetes
Avoid Intensification of Diabetes Meds at Discharge in Older Adults
For older adults hospitalized with common medical conditions, intensifying diabetes meds at time of discharge shows little benefit
Increase in BP at Night Ups Risk for Death in Diabetes Patients
Relative to those with dip in nighttime SBP, nondippers, reverse dippers have higher prevalence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy
Admission HbA1c Linked to Vascular Event Risk in Stroke Patients
Risk for composite vascular events increased at threshold of 6.8 to 7.0 percent for patients with ischemic stroke, diabetes
Two-Hour OGTT Can Predict Future Episodic Memory Decline
Higher value on OGTT at baseline linked to worse performance and greater decline in word-list delayed recall test
Toe, Foot Amputations Increasing in Minorities, Rural Residents With Diabetes
Rates of minor lower-extremity amputations rising among Asian/Pacific Islanders
