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Diabetes Mellitus

Practice Guidelines:

Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2008- American Diabetes Association, January 2008

Executive Summary: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2008 - American Diabetes Association, January 2008

Management of Diabetes Mellitus - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, May/June 2007

Care of Children & Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes - American Diabetes Association, January 2005

Diabetic Foot Infections: Diagnosis & Treatment - Infectious Diseases Society of America, September 2004

Diagnosis & Management of Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease - National Kidney Foundation, Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI), February 2007

The Evidence Base for Tight Blood Pressure Control in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - American College of Physicians, April 2003

Glycemic Control & Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Optimal Hemoglobin A1C Targets - guidance statement from the American College of Physicians, September 2007

Hyperglycemic Crises in Diabetes - American Diabetes Association, January 2004

Lipid Control in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - American College of Physicians, April 2004

Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Institute for Clinical Symptoms Improvement, November 2006

Nutrition Recommendations & Interventions for Diabetes - American Diabetes Association, January 2007

Treatment of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Blood Pressure Goals, Choice of Agents, and Setting Priorities in Diabetes Care;  American College of Physicians, April 2003

 

Review Articles:

Basal Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes - J Am Board Fam Pract

Diabetes & Heart Failure: Epidemiology, Mechanisms, & Pharmacotherapy - Am J Cardiol

Diabetic Foot Ulcers - BMJ

Diabetic Ketoacidosis - Am Fam Phys

Diabetic Neuropathy: Evaluation & Prevention - Am Fam Phys

Diabetic Neuropathy: Systematic Review of Treatments - BMJ

Home Monitoring of Glucose & Blood Pressure - Am Fam Phys

Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State - Am Fam Phys

Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - Ann Intern Med

Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: An Update - Am Fam Phys (via PubMed link)

Metabolic Syndrome: Diagnosis & Management - Circulation

Optimal Mgmt of Type 2 DM: Considerations for Insulin Tx - South Med J (via PubMed link)

Optimizing cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes mellitus - Am J Med

Preventing Foot Ulcers in Patients with Diabetes - JAMA

Starting Insulin Therapy: A Rational Approach - Ann Intern Med

Therapies for Diabetes: Pramlintide & Exenatide - Am Fam Phys

Tight Control of Type 1 Diabetes: Recommendations for Patients - Am Fam Phys

Weight Management for Prevention & Mgmt of Type 2 Diabetes - Am J Clin Nutr

 

Obesity

Practice Guidelines:

Management & Prevention of Obesity in Adults & Children - Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Panel, April 2007

Pharmacologic & Surgical Management of Obesity in Primary Care - American College of Physicians, April 2005

 

Review Articles:

Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity - NEJM

Diagnosis & Treatment of Obesity in Adults - J Am Board Fam Pract

Evaluation & Mgmt of Childhood & Adolescent Obesity - Mayo Clin Proc (via PubMed link)

Managing Obesity: Options for obese & morbidly obese patients - J Fam Pract (via PubMed link)

Medical Therapy for Obesity - Current Status & Future Hopes - Med Clinics N.A.

Treatment of Obesity - Mayo Clin Proc (via PubMed link)

 

Thyroid Disorders

Practice Guidelines:

Evaluation & Treatment of Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Nov/Dec 2002

Diagnosis & Management of Thyroid Nodules - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Jan/Feb 2006

Management of Thyroid Dysfunction during Pregnancy & Postpartum - An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, August 2007

 

Review Articles:

Antithyroid Drugs - NEJM

Controversies in the Management of Thyroid Nodules - Ann Intern Med

Hyperthyroidism: Diagnosis & Treatment - Am Fam Phys

Hypothyroidism - Lancet (via PubMed link)

Managing the Challenges of Hypothyroidism - J Fam Pract (via PubMed link)

Subclinical Thyroid Disease - Am Fam Phys

Thyroid Disorders in Elderly Patients - South Med J (via PubMed)

The Thyroid Nodule: Clinical Practice - NEJM

Thyrotoxicosis: Diagnosis & Management - BMJ

 

Other Endocrine/Metabolic Topics

Review Articles:

Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome, Type II - Am Fam Phys

Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults: Evaluation & Treatment - J Clin Endocrinol Metab

Hormone Therapy in Postmenopausal Women - Ann Intern Med

Hypertriglyceridemia - J Am Board Fam Pract

Hypertriglyceridemia: Management - Am Fam Phys

Nonhormonal Therapies for Hot Flashes in Menopause - AFP

Oral Contraceptives: Prescribing for Women over 35 Years of Age - Ann Intern Med

Testosterone Treatments: Why, When, & How - Am Fam Phys

 

 

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