Open Access<p>Assessment of Achievement of American Diabetes Association (ADA) Targets in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Tertiary Care Centre in Eastern Nepal</p>
Author(s) -
Jouslin Kishore Baranwal,
Robin Maskey,
Rajendra Kumar Chaudhari,
Ojaswee Sherchand
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s262643
Subject(s) - medicine , glycated hemoglobin , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , type 2 diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , medical record , hemoglobin , gastroenterology , endocrinology
Management of type 2 diabetes is not limited to blood glucose control, it also addresses blood pressure and lipid levels in order to prevent associated vascular complications and improve the chances of survival and quality-of-life. Although the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has lain specific target levels for glycated hemoglobin, blood pressure and serum low density cholesterol to be achieved by non-pregnant patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, these are not being achieved in practice. We took on this study to describe the extent of ADA target achievement at our center.