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D. J. Betteridge

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Is the ADA/EASD algorithm for the management of type 2 diabetes (January 2009) based on evidence or opinion? A critical analysis

2010

The ADA and the EASD recently published a consensus statement for the medical management of hyperglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. The authors advocate initial treatment with metformin monotherapy and lifestyle modification, followed by addition of basal insulin or a sulfonylurea if glycaemic goals are not met (tier 1 recommendations). All other glucose-lowering therapies are relegated to a secondary (tier 2) status and only recommended for selected clinical settings. In our view, this algorithm does not offer physicians and patients the appropriate selection of options to individualise and optimise care with a view to sustained control of blood glucose and reduction both of diabe…

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Erratum to: Is the ADA/EASD algorithm for the management of type 2 diabetes (January 2009) based on evidence or opinion? A critical analysis

2010

Pediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismInternal MedicinemedicineType 2 diabetesErratummedicine.diseasebusinessDiabetologia
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40(th) EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes : Munich, Germany, 5-9 September 2004

2004

0303 health sciencesmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industryEASDEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismHuman physiologymedicine.disease03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineDiabetes mellitusFamily medicineInternal MedicineMedicinebusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery030304 developmental biology
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