RT Book, Section
A1 Powers, Alvin C.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
SR Print(0)
ID 1141275806
T1 Diabetes Mellitus: Complications
T2 Harrison's Endocrinology, 4e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835728
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141275806
RD 2024/04/23
AB Diabetes-related  complications  affect  many  organ  systems  and  are  responsible  for  the  majority  of  morbidity  and  mortality  associated  with  the  disease.  Strikingly,  in  the  United  States,  diabetes  is  the  leading  cause  of  new  blindness  in  adults,  renal  failure,  and  nontraumatic  lower  extremity  amputation.  Diabetes-related  complications  usually  do  not  appear  until  the  second  decade  of  hyperglycemia.  Because  type  2  ­diabetes  mellitus  (DM)  often  has  a  long  asymptomatic  period  of  hyperglycemia  before  diagnosis,  many  individuals  with  type  2  DM  have  complications  at  the  time  of  diagnosis.  Fortunately,  many  of  the  diabetes-related  complications  can  be  prevented  or  delayed  with  early  detection,  aggressive  glycemic  control,  and  efforts  to  minimize  the  risks  of  complications.