Treatment of hyperglycemia in the elderly

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-46

  Baines, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elderly; Oral drugs; Stepped treatment; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLICLAZIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; INSULIN SECRETAGOGUE; LONG ACTING DRUG; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; NATEGLINIDE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PIOGLITAZONE; REPAGLINIDE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDEMA; FLATULENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT MONITORING; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0038604360     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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