Management of Diabetes in the Elderly

Nidhi Bansal; Ruban Dhaliwal; Ruth S. Weinstock

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.008

Management of Diabetes in the Elderly

Nidhi Bansal, Ruban Dhaliwal, Ruth S. Weinstock

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

48 Scopus citations

Abstract

Management of diabetes in the elderly necessitates careful consideration of concomitant geriatric syndromes and comorbid conditions that increase the risk of complications, including severe hypoglycemia. Whereas healthy older adults can use therapeutic approaches recommended for their younger counterparts, treatment plans for frail elderly patients need to be simplified and A_1c and blood pressure goals relaxed with the development of impairments in function, cognition, vision, and dexterity. The goals of diabetes management in the elderly should be to maintain quality of life and minimize symptomatic hyperglycemia and drug side effects, including hypoglycemia.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	351-377
Number of pages	27
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	99
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.008
State	Published - Mar 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus
Frailty
Geriatric
Hypertension
Hypoglycemia
Insulin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

Access to Document

10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.008

Cite this

@article{e5ff0e288dda469483e4164d6367077c,

title = "Management of Diabetes in the Elderly",

abstract = "Management of diabetes in the elderly necessitates careful consideration of concomitant geriatric syndromes and comorbid conditions that increase the risk of complications, including severe hypoglycemia. Whereas healthy older adults can use therapeutic approaches recommended for their younger counterparts, treatment plans for frail elderly patients need to be simplified and A1c and blood pressure goals relaxed with the development of impairments in function, cognition, vision, and dexterity. The goals of diabetes management in the elderly should be to maintain quality of life and minimize symptomatic hyperglycemia and drug side effects, including hypoglycemia.",

keywords = "Diabetes mellitus, Frailty, Geriatric, Hypertension, Hypoglycemia, Insulin",

author = "Nidhi Bansal and Ruban Dhaliwal and Weinstock, {Ruth S.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Elsevier Inc.",

year = "2015",

month = mar,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.008",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "99",

pages = "351--377",

journal = "Medical Clinics of North America",

issn = "0025-7125",

publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Management of Diabetes in the Elderly

AU - Bansal, Nidhi

AU - Dhaliwal, Ruban

AU - Weinstock, Ruth S.

PY - 2015/3/1

Y1 - 2015/3/1

N2 - Management of diabetes in the elderly necessitates careful consideration of concomitant geriatric syndromes and comorbid conditions that increase the risk of complications, including severe hypoglycemia. Whereas healthy older adults can use therapeutic approaches recommended for their younger counterparts, treatment plans for frail elderly patients need to be simplified and A1c and blood pressure goals relaxed with the development of impairments in function, cognition, vision, and dexterity. The goals of diabetes management in the elderly should be to maintain quality of life and minimize symptomatic hyperglycemia and drug side effects, including hypoglycemia.

AB - Management of diabetes in the elderly necessitates careful consideration of concomitant geriatric syndromes and comorbid conditions that increase the risk of complications, including severe hypoglycemia. Whereas healthy older adults can use therapeutic approaches recommended for their younger counterparts, treatment plans for frail elderly patients need to be simplified and A1c and blood pressure goals relaxed with the development of impairments in function, cognition, vision, and dexterity. The goals of diabetes management in the elderly should be to maintain quality of life and minimize symptomatic hyperglycemia and drug side effects, including hypoglycemia.

KW - Diabetes mellitus

KW - Frailty

KW - Geriatric

KW - Hypertension

KW - Hypoglycemia

KW - Insulin

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924979791&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84924979791&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.008

DO - 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.008

M3 - Review article

C2 - 25700588

AN - SCOPUS:84924979791

SN - 0025-7125

VL - 99

SP - 351

EP - 377

JO - Medical Clinics of North America

JF - Medical Clinics of North America

IS - 2

ER -

Management of Diabetes in the Elderly

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this