Insulin initiation: bringing objectivity to choice
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Insulin initiation: bringing objectivity to choice
The choice of initial insulin is often dictated by subjective criteria: the "severity" of diabetes, the ability of the person with diabetes to self inject, at specific times of the day, and the physician's personal experience. No objective criteria have been evolved by any expert body so far to help guide clinicians make an appropriate, and accurate, choice of initiating insulin. Neither have l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2251-6581
DOI: 10.1186/s40200-015-0146-1