Diabetes
- Continuous glucose monitoring: High-tech devices still need some low-tech backup
High-end devices that monitor patients’ physiology offer many benefits, but device malfunctions and disruptions are not rare events.
- Using continuous glucose monitoring data in daily clinical practice
The authors review data elements of the Ambulatory Glucose Profile Report, a standardized format for displaying glucose monitoring data, and present a structured approach to using the data to optimize glycemic management.
Diabetic retinopathy: Screening, prevention, and treatmentEffective screening processes, timely referrals, and strategic diabetes management are essential to prevent and mitigate the consequences of diabetic retinopathy.
- SGLT-2 inhibitors: Diabetes and CKD and CHF (and gout?), oh my!
What mechanisms might account for the diverse beneficial effects of the SGLT-2 inhibitors observed across various diseases?
- SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure and chronic kidney disease: A review for internists
This review summarizes recent data and guidelines regarding SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure and chronic kidney disease and provides practical guidance for their use.
- Diabetes technology: A primer for clinicians
This review of the basics of various diabetes management devices is intended to enhance clinicians’ comfort level in helping patients use these technologies.
- Acquired reactive perforating collagenosis in a patient with diabetes
A 47-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of pruritic eruptions on the left ankle and a complaint of thirst and polyuria for the past year.
- Stiff hands in a man with type 1 diabetes
The patient had been on injectable insulin for the past 6 years, with frequent dose titrations because of poor control. A recent hemoglobin A1c was 7.2%.
