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Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetic patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
| Summary: | Diabetes is an increasingly common disease with an important negative impact on patients morbidityand mortality, being the main cause of end stage renal disease. Management of the diabetic patient with chronic kidney disease poses additional challenges, namely with respect to defining glycaemic targets and in the therapeutics employed to achieve them. The authors review the state of the art evidence about the use of antihyperglycaemic agents in type 2 diabetes, from the perspective of a chronic kidney disease patients health care provider. |
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| Main Authors: | Coelho,Sílvia |
| Other Authors: | Carrilho,Patrícia; Inchaustegui,Luís |
| Subject: | Chronic kidney disease diabetes hypoglycaemic agents |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | SciELO Portugal |
| Summary: | Diabetes is an increasingly common disease with an important negative impact on patients morbidityand mortality, being the main cause of end stage renal disease. Management of the diabetic patient with chronic kidney disease poses additional challenges, namely with respect to defining glycaemic targets and in the therapeutics employed to achieve them. The authors review the state of the art evidence about the use of antihyperglycaemic agents in type 2 diabetes, from the perspective of a chronic kidney disease patients health care provider. |
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