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Understand that Diabetes type 2 is an equivalent to

a) Coronary Artery Disease
b) Hypertension
c) Atherosclerosis
d) Arteriolosclerosis

What are the LDL lipid-control goals?
a) Coronary Artery Disease


LDL<100
Know that tight glycemic control reduces microvascular (not macrovascular) complications.

What are the complications?
Nephropathy: 25 - 40% of Dialysis patients
Retinopathy: Leading cause of new blindness
Neuropathy
What is the agent of choice for HTN?
ACEI
Be able to calculate Creatinine Clearance
Calculate Creatinine Clearance (CrCl) = (140-Age)*kg/(72*Creatinine)

if Female, *0.85
Define tight glycemic control based on Hemoglobin A1C
American Diabetes Association
(ADA): <7%

American College of Endocrinology (ACE): ≤ 6.5%

All agree, if Hgb A1C is 8% or above, adjustment of therapy needs to be made