Tailoring Clinical Practice Guidelines for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Posted September 21, 2011 by Sonal Singh, MD, MPHSeveral guidelines emphasize the need to use existing therapeutic options to help patients and providers achieve various treatment goals, including target glycated hemoglobin levels to improve microvascular outcomes among patients with type 2 diabetes. 1 Blood pressure medications and lipid lowering therapy and prophylactic aspirin therapy are recommended to improve cardiovascular outcomes. Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination strategies are recommended to reduce the risk of subsequent infections.