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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Control Level of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly Is Associated with Polypharmacy, Accompanied Comorbidities, and Various Increased Risks According to the Beers Criteria.

Burcin Meryem Atak Tel, Gulali Aktas, Satilmis Bilgin, Sumeyye Buse Baltaci, Tuba Taslamacioglu Duman

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Hypoglycemia and associated cardiovascular diseases, morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in university teaching hospitals in Rwanda.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Burcin Meryem Atak TelDepartment of Internal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, 14280 Bolu, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-4201-9757
Gulali AktasDepartment of Internal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, 14280 Bolu, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-7306-5233
Satilmis BilginDepartment of Internal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, 14280 Bolu, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2811-0052
Sumeyye Buse BaltaciDepartment of Internal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, 14280 Bolu, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-3651-4858
Tuba Taslamacioglu DumanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, 14280 Bolu, Turkey.
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comorbidity rates in the geriatric population have increased because of rising life expectancy; thus, patients have had to use more medications. Type 2 diabetes mellitus, one of the most common diseases, may influence the number of drugs used in geriatric patients. The present study was designed to investigate the association between the level of type 2 DM and polypharmacy. Fifty patients with type 2 diabetes over the age of 65 were included according to the inclusion criteria; 23 were well-controlled and 27 had poorly controlled diabetes. The groups were similar in terms of age, sex, WBC, Hb, Plt, AST, ALT, serum creatinine, fasting glucose, and eGFR levels. Patients with HbA1c values above 7.5 were classified as poorly controlled diabetes patients, and those below were considered well-controlled diabetes patients and were evaluated for inappropriate medication use. The number of medications used daily by the cases (

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Beers CriteriaHbA1cpolypharmacypotentially inappropriate medicationstype 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID37998569
PMCPMC10670184
OpenAlexW4388637159

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