Enhancing care in older people with type 2 diabetes

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-101

  Sinclair, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best clinical practice; Elderly patients; Evidence based clinical guidelines; Patient profile; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CITALOPRAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETIC HYPERTENSION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING HOME; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 35648958262     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1063     Document Type: Review

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