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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Explain the concept of the incretin effect and describe defects in incretin secretion and incretin action that occur in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) 2. Provide an overview of the rationale and role of incretin-based therapy as described in current practice guidelines for the management of patients with T2DM 3. Compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the incre...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to formulate a clinical practice guideline for the management of the pregnant woman with diabetes. PARTICIPANTS The Task Force was composed of a chair, selected by the Clinical Guidelines Subcommittee of The Endocrine Society, 5 additional experts, a methodologist, and a medical writer. EVIDENCE This evidence-based guideline was developed using the Grading of Rec...

Recommendations for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in the global guidelines for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) summarize our current knowledge and evidence from studies.1 In standard care, the global IDF guidelines recommend SMBG for all newly diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes. In both standard and comprehensive care, t...

Western guidelines have been used to diagnose diabetes mellitus in Asia. The increased availability of data from Asian populations, however, has made it apparent that modifications to western guidelines are needed when they are used in Asia. Both the American Diabetes Association and the World Health Organization have recently modified their diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. The implic...

Copyright: © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Background: Diabetes is a major problem in South Africa and throughout the world. The management of type 2 diabetes aims at maintaining normoglycaemia and preventing the development of complications arising from diabetes. The Society for Endocrine Metabolism and Di...

Smoking is considered an important “risk factor” for arterial hypertension and diabetes management, according to, respectively, the current guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology on the management of arterial hypertension (1) and the guidelines on diabetes of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for the Study of Diabe...