Treatment of diabetes in the elderly: Addressing its complexities in this high-risk group

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 19-29

  Sakharova, Olga V ^a   Inzucchi, Silvio E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; EXENDIN 4; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLIPIZIDE; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; INSULIN DETEMIR; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN GLULISINE; INSULIN LISPRO; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METFORMIN; MIGLITOL; NATEGLINIDE; PIOGLITAZONE; PRAMLINTIDE; REPAGLINIDE; RIOMET; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULFONYLUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; BLOATING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; FLUID RETENTION; FOOT CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MICROALBUMINURIA; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING CESSATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 31544473434     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 12182583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2005.11.1684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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