Open AccessObese and hypertensive elderly patient, with incipient diabetic nephropathy and previous cardiovascular event, long-term treated with secretagogues
Author(s) -
Andrea Da Porto
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aboutopen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2465-2628
DOI - 10.19156/abtpn.2018.0045
Subject(s) - medicine , glycated hemoglobin , diabetology , diabetes mellitus , diabetic nephropathy , nephropathy , type 2 diabetes , cardiology , endocrinology , obesity
We report the case of a 75-year old patient affected by type 2 diabetes for about 20 years, treated for a prolonged period with insulin secretagogues. He is also affected by arterial hypertension, obesity and incipient diabetic nephropathy and had suffered a cardiovascular event. He was referred to us by his GP to verify his high values of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and for an excessive weight increase (Diabetology)