The purpose of the handling of DM in the elderly is not much different with adults usually is to prevent the occurrence of acute metabolic decompensation and reduce morbidity and mortality due to complications. thing that ought to not be ignored, that although the achievement of a better quality of life is the main objective of DM treatment in elderly, but the award of an aggressive drug and non-procedural is not true.
Handling of DM in the elderly are often less than optimal, for example in a study by the "Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS)" in the United States from 1996-1997 found only 12% of the elderly population with DM who achieved blood sugar levels below the reference values ��established by the American Diabetes Association. In penelitaian is also known to 50% of elderly people with diabetes have a immense blood vessel disorders and 33% of that is actively taking aspirin. On the other hand lots of of the elderly population with diabetes have blood pressure> 140/90 mmHg, only 8% of elderly people with LDL levels of cholesterol
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