Challenges and Strategies for Inpatient Diabetes Management in Older Adults

© 2020 by the American Diabetes Association..

Adults older than 65 years of age are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Aging is also one of the most important risk factors for diabetes, and about one-third of all individuals with diabetes are in this age-group. Older people with diabetes are more likely to have comorbidities such as hypertension, ischemic heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and cognitive impairment, which lead to higher rates of hospital admissions compared with individuals without diabetes. Professional organizations have recommended patient-centric individualized glycemic reduction approaches, with an emphasis on potential harms of intensive glycemic control and overtreatment in older adults. Insulin therapy remains a mainstay of diabetes management in the inpatient setting regardless of patients' age; however, there is uncertainty about optimal glycemic targets during the hospital stay. Increasing evidence supports selective use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, alone or in combination with low-dose basal insulin, in older noncritically ill patients with mild to moderate hyperglycemia. This article reviews the prevalence, diagnosis, and monitoring of, and the available treatment strategies for, diabetes among elderly patients in the inpatient setting.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association - 33(2020), 3 vom: 18. Aug., Seite 227-235

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gosmanov, Aidar R [VerfasserIn]
Mendez, Carlos E [VerfasserIn]
Umpierrez, Guillermo E [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2337/ds20-0008

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NLM314216332