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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2019

Approaches to Risk Assessment Among Older Patients With Diabetes.

Scott J Pilla, Nancy L Schoenborn, Nisa M Maruthur, Elbert S Huang

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Challenges and Strategies for Inpatient Diabetes Management in Older Adults.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Scott J PillaDepartment of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. spilla1@jhmi.edu.
Nancy L SchoenbornDepartment of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nisa M MaruthurDepartment of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Elbert S HuangDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

STUDY OF HEALTH OUTCOMES OF WEIGHT-LOSS (SHOW)U01DK057149 · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 1999 to 2005
$6.5M
Research Design, Data, and Analytics CoreP30DK092949 · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2025 to 2025
$660k
NIA NIH HHS K76 AG059984NIA NIH HHS R56 AG051683NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK105340NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092949NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK057149
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewA patient's prognosis and risk of adverse drug effects are important considerations for individualizing care of older patients with diabetes. This review summarizes the evidence for risk assessment and proposes approaches for clinicians in the context of current clinical guidelines. RECENT

findingsDiabetes guidelines vary in their recommendations for how life expectancy should be estimated and used to inform the selection of glycemic targets. Readily available prognostic tools may improve estimation of life expectancy but require validation among patients with diabetes. Treatment decisions based on prognosis are difficult for clinicians to communicate and for patients to understand. Determining hypoglycemia risk involves assessing major risk factors; models to synthesize these factors have been developed. Applying risk assessment to individualize diabetes care is complex and currently relies heavily on clinician judgment. More research is need to validate structured approaches to risk assessment and determine how to incorporate them into patient-centered diabetes care.

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Diabetes MellitusHypoglycemiaBlood GlucoseHumansHypoglycemic AgentsRisk AssessmentBlood GlucoseHypoglycemic AgentsAgedAgingDiabetes mellitusHypoglycemiaPrognosisRisk assessment

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PMID31324995
PMCPMC7307417

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