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Health care organizations push for diabetes self-management education and support
A new consensus report urged clinicians to discuss self-management education and support with all diabetes patients and provide referrals at four critical points in care, including diagnosis.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/12/2.htm
12 Jun 2020
In type 2 diabetes patients, lower LDL cholesterol levels after PCI associated with better outcomes
A pooled analysis of three randomized clinical trials found reductions in major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at 3.9-year follow-up only in patients with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels below 70 mg/dL at one year.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/13/3.htm
13 Nov 2020
Consensus report aims to define remission of diabetes
An international expert group convened by the American Diabetes Association proposed that the criterion for diabetes remission be an HbA1c level below 6.5%, measured at least three months after glucose-lowering drugs are stopped.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/10/1.htm
10 Sep 2021
ADA updates 2021 Standards of Care to address latest research on diagnosis, treatment
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2021 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes now reflect new data on teplizumab and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, as well as the effects of dapagliflozin and finerenone on patients with chronic kidney disease.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/09/1.htm
9 Jul 2021
Review looks at metformin safety, effectiveness in patients with reduced renal function
Metformin appears to be associated with reduced mortality at estimated glomerular filtration rates as low as 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, but safety concerns arise with rates at or below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/11/1.htm
11 Jun 2021
Most cases of prediabetes in older adults did not progress to diabetes, study finds
A cohort study of older adults found a high prevalence of prediabetes, but during more than six years of follow-up, death or regression to normoglycemia was more common than progression to diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/12/1.htm
12 Feb 2021
Patients with type 1 diabetes spending more on supplies than insulin
Mean out-of-pocket spending for all care among a national sample of insured patients with type 1 diabetes was nearly $2,500 in 2018, according to one study, while a second study found that commercially insured patients' out-of-pocket insulin costs have peaked.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/12/3.htm
12 Jun 2020
Balanced crystalloids may be preferred for acute resolution of diabetic ketoacidosis
A small subgroup analysis of two randomized trials found that median time to resolution of diabetic ketoacidosis was 13 hours in patients who received balanced crystalloids versus nearly 17 hours in those who received saline.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/11/2.htm
11 Dec 2020
Preop metformin associated with better postop outcomes in type 2 diabetes
A retrospective cohort study used electronic health record data from one health care system to assess postoperative mortality and readmission rates in adults who had major surgery.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/08/3.htm
8 May 2020
Meta-analysis quantifies survival gains from bariatric surgery
According to an analysis of studies of severely obese patients, metabolic-bariatric surgery was associated with median life expectancy gains of 9.3 years in patients with diabetes and 5.1 years in patients without diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/14/1.htm
14 May 2021