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Diabetes

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When and how should we be stopping GLP-1 Receptor Agonist/Dual Agonist therapy?

How do you counsel patients on semaglutide or tirzepatide in light of potential cancer risks?

Do you avoid using these agents only in patients with history of medullary thyroid cancer or pancreatic cancer? Are there other cancer risks we should...

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How many days prior to surgery do you recommend stopping SGLT2 inhibitors and when is it safe to resume therapy?

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Do you recommend early oral nutrition when managing diabetic ketoacidosis?

Some data showed early enteral nutrition improves outcomes in DKA. Some thought that enteral nutrition could counteract the insulin gtt.

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Do you recommend adding low-dose Aspirin for primary prevention in patients with Type 2 Diabetes on Eliquis for another indication?

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Are recurrent UTIs a contraindication to SGLT2i use?

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Do you recommend the use of GLP1 R agonist therapy in patients with T1DM for weight loss?

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How do you counsel patients on the use of compounded weight loss medications?

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What is the typical timeline for remission of autoimmune hypoglycemia?

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Is Metformin contraindicated in patients using long term oxygen therapy at home?

Liang et al., PMID 35900801

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How do you adjust your management strategy to address the unique needs of anuric end-stage kidney disease patients when treating diabetic ketoacidosis?

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Do you use the homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) to assess for insulin resistance and change your clinical management of patients?

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Should GLP1 R agonists be used as first line glucose lowering agents in patients with ESKD and DM2?

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Under what circumstances would you test for hypercortisolism in a patient with insulin resistance?

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Should we recommend SGLT2i initiation at discharge to all patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction?

Butler et al., PMID 38587237

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Is ABI (Ankle Brachial index) lower limb arterial doppler not recommended if patient already has arterial stents in the legs, and if so, what other imaging modality would you consider as first-line?

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How do you adjust your HbA1c goal for managing diabetes in elderly patients with multiple chronic illnesses but no limitations in performing self-care tasks?

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Papers discussed in this category

BMC endocrine disorders, 2024 Nov 18

Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Glucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor agonist treatment in patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

International urology and nephrology, 2024 Nov 04

Effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists on prostate cancer risk reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cancers, 2024 Sep 22

Risk of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs): A National Analysis.

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 Apr 06

Empagliflozin after Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Diabetes research and clinical practice, 1994 Jan

Insulin autoimmune syndrome (Hirata disease): clinical features and epidemiology in Japan.

Clinical endocrinology, 2020 Feb 26

Management of Insulin Autoimmune Hypoglycaemia: Single-centre experience from Western India with systematic review of world literature.

Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023 Mar 16

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists as add-on therapy to insulin for type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Nutrition & diabetes, 2019 Nov 04

Double or hybrid diabetes: A systematic review on disease prevalence, characteristics and risk factors.

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2019 Aug 19

Double diabetes: A distinct high-risk group?

BMC endocrine disorders, 2021 Sep 16

The association between overweight/obesity and double diabetes in adults with type 1 diabetes; a cross-sectional study.

Diabetes care, 2024 Aug 01

Hyperglycemic Crises in Adults With Diabetes: A Consensus Report.

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