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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 |
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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 |
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What is the agent of choice for HTN?
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ACEI
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Be able to calculate Creatinine Clearance
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Calculate Creatinine Clearance (CrCl) = (140-Age)*kg/(72*Creatinine)
if Female, *0.85 |
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Define tight glycemic control based on Hemoglobin A1C
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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 |