Monitor for hypoglycemia; adjust doses fo...
ASCVD, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, foot ulcers, Charcot joints
Microvascular: ...
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Hypertension, Essential
Algorithms: Type 2 Diabetes, Treatment; Weight Loss, Treatment
E11.329 Type 2 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema
E11.331 Type 2 diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy wi...
Individualize A1c targets based on life expectancy and comorbidities.
Hypoglycemia poses more short-term danger than hyperglycemia.
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Homeless diabetic man with painful foot showing gangrene and dystrophic nails
<bold>Fig CA 18-1 Essential (idiopathic) hypertension.</bold> (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views of the chest demonstrate characteristic tortuosity of the aorta (arrows), especially the ascending portion. Because the elevated blood pressure has caused left ventricular hypertrophy without dilatation, the radiographic appearance of the cardiac silhouette remains normal.
<bold>Fig CA 18-1 Essential (idiopathic) hypertension.</bold> (A) Frontal and (B) lateral views of the chest demonstrate chara...
<bold><italic>Figure 14.60.</bold></bold> Pretibial diabetic skin changes: necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum.
FIG. 11 Diabetic patient with acute spontaneous onset of low back pain and fever. <bold>A,B:</bold> Dramatic elements of two-level spondylodiscitis, L3-5, with secondary communicating psoas abscess component.
FIG. 11 Diabetic patient with acute spontaneous onset of low back pain and fever. <bold>A,B:</bold> Dramatic elements of two-l...
<bold>Figure 11.93. Neuropathic (Charcot) joints in two diabetic patients. A.</bold> Radiographs of both feet show bilateral neuropathic joints at the first metatarsophalangeal joints (<italic>arrows</bold>). On the left there is periarticular osteopenia, indicating superimposed infection. Frontal <bold>(B)</bold> and lateral <bold>(C)</bold> knee radiographs of another patient show disintegration of the knee joint with considerable bony debris (" bag of bones") and a large joint effusion. In the past, involvement o...
<bold>Figure 11.93. Neuropathic (Charcot) joints in two diabetic patients. A.</bold> Radiographs of both feet show bilateral n...
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum. Atrophic patch present x 6 mo.