2021
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-021-00910-1
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Abstract: The increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in the general population as well as enhanced life expectancy has resulted in a rapid rise in the prevalence of diabetes in the older population. Diabetes causes significant morbidity and impairs quality of life. Managing diabetes in older adults is a daunting task due to unique health and psychosocial challenges. Medical management is complicated by polypharmacy, cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence, injurious falls, and persistent pain. Health care providers … Show more

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“…T2D is a mounting epidemic due to modern lifestyle, such as increased food intake, obesity, and hyperlipidemia. Owing to the development of several antidiabetic drugs including insulin, thiazolidinediones and sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, etc., the lifespan of diabetic patients has been extended 2,24 . However, increased lifespan also complicated with several troublesome situations in the elderly diabetic patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…T2D is a mounting epidemic due to modern lifestyle, such as increased food intake, obesity, and hyperlipidemia. Owing to the development of several antidiabetic drugs including insulin, thiazolidinediones and sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, etc., the lifespan of diabetic patients has been extended 2,24 . However, increased lifespan also complicated with several troublesome situations in the elderly diabetic patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Owing to the development of several antidiabetic drugs including insulin, thiazolidinediones and sodium/ glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, etc., the lifespan of diabetic patients has been extended. 2,24 However, increased lifespan also complicated with several troublesome situations in the elderly diabetic patients. For example, extremity wounds show slower and harder healing process in elderly diabetic patients, 25 and these patients are more likely to develop cognitive impairments.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%