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Diabetes Clinical Cases
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| Case 1. 47 year old, newly-diagnosed woman | | Use of A1c to select class of medications for glycemic control Rapid progression of medications to lower A1c to 6.6% in 26 weeks |
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| Case 2. 54 year old lawyer with 10.2% A1c at diagnosis | | Use of insulin to bring a poorly-controlled patient to a 7.0% A1c in 17 weeks Teaching a patient to self-titrate insulin doses Use of blood glucose averages and standard deviations to make glycemic therapy decisions |
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| Case 3. Starting a prednisone-using patient on insulin | | How prednisone affects blood glucose Which classes of diabetes medication Teaching a patient to self-titrate mealtime insulin |
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| Case 4. 48 year old bookkeeper, newly diagnosed, with an A1c of 8.2% | | Rationale for metformin as the initial glycemic therapy for type 2 diabetes Characteristics of oral and injected medications for type 2 diabetes Using fasting or mean (average) blood glucose as the treatment target |
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