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Showing posts with label Diabetes mellitus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diabetes mellitus. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction - Managing Comorbidities

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Heart failure (HF) is a complex condition characterized by signs of volume overload or symptoms such as dyspnea, exercise intolerance, and f...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Diabetes discharge checklist

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A 55 year old business executive is being discharged from the hospital after a brief admission for cellulitis.  His only PMH is HTN and o...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Essentials from the 2016 American Diabetes Association guidelines

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The 2016 American Diabetes Association diabetes guidelines is a lengthy document outlining many aspects of diabetes care including eval...
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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Empagliflozin (Jardiance) new indication - reduces mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus

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A middle-aged patient with diabetes mellitus type 2, CAD, HTN, and obesity is in clinic for a followup appointment 1 year after his diagno...
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Monday, October 10, 2016

Metformin in kidney dysfunction - restriction revised

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Metformin is the preferred initial pharmacologic therapy in every patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus who does not have a contraindicati...
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Risk of hyperglycemia from glucocorticoids

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A 65 year old patient with COPD sees his primary care provider for worsening shortness of breath over the past week.  His current medicati...
Sunday, August 3, 2014

Update on niacin - Results from the HPS2-THRIVE study

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In a previous blog post, niacin for dyslipidemia , we discussed the concerns regarding niacin's lack of improvement of clinically mean...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Tips for prescribing insulin therapy and diabetes supplies

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There are many different insulin preparations and supplies available in order to create individualized regimens for patients.  Here are s...