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eBook details

Title: Risk of Disability in Elderly Diabetic Patients
Author : Claudio Marengo & Marco Comoglio
Release Date : January 20, 2011
Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,Health, Mind & Body,Health & Fitness,
Pages : * pages
Size : 1977 KB

Description

In elderly population, diabetes is often associated with a wide range of complications and comorbidities that can affect the patients’ ability to care for themselves, thus complicating the medical assistance. Furthermore, old patients frequently have to follow polypharmacy regimens, that can increase adverse events and drug-drug interactions and reduce the compliance to hypoglycemic agents. The book provides an overview of the most common diabetes-related complications, supporting the clinician in the management of type 2 diabetes in the elderly: from the diagnosis of each complication, to the role of the pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.