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Diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Luise Mario
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb121869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , regimen , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , endocrinology
Elderly diabetic patients require education in dietary therapy, physical activity, and self‐monitoring of glycaemlc control. However, rather than tight control, treatment should aim for a simple regimen which will relieve symptoms without introducing complications of its own. It is important to be aware of possible interactions between hypoglycaemic agents and drugs given for other diseases.