Recognizing the rising impact of diabetes in seniors and implications for its management

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. B, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Drab, Scott R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University Diabetes Care Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

A1C; Complications; Control; Elderly; Macrovascular; Microvascular; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; FALLING; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY; MOOD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONKETOTIC DIABETIC COMA; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649467714     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.s.2009.001     Document Type: Review

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