Case #6

Reference for part I and II of this case study included The American Diabetes Association: Clinical Practice Recommendations 1998. Revision of the case used the 2006 edition of the same guidelines as well as other portions of the ADA web site. The Clinical Practice Recommendations are an all inclusive guideline produced annually for the care of your diabetic patients. The web site is www.diabetes.org

Other resources used in revision of the case included:

UpToDate Online (background and drug information)
Lexi-Comp Online
The JNC 7 Report (JAMA 289;19, 2560-2572, May 21, 2003),
The ATP III Executive Summary (Accessible through http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/)
Oral Agents in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Luna and Feinglos, American Family Physician Vol. 63, Number 9, 1747-1756 (May 1, 2001).

Authors:

Case Revised 2006 by Tate Kauffman, MSIV
Penn State University College of Medicine

Case developed in 1999
Ann F. Bero, MSN, CRNP
Instructor
Dept. Family and Community Medicine
Penn State University, College of Medicine

Faculty reviewers:

Shou Ling Leong, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Penn State University College of Medicine

Contributors:

Gregory M. Caputo, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Dept. General Internal Medicine
Penn State University, College of Medicine

Thomas W. Gardner, MD
Associate Professor Opthamology
Dept. of Opthamology
Penn State University, College of Medicine

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