High BMI was the main contributor to this rise; however, a separate meta-analysis looking at children with type 2 diabetes highlights that about a quarter do not have obesity at diagnosis, suggesting heterogeneous factors underlying young-onset type 2 diabetes.

And this then is an important contributor to the effectiveness of insulin pumps.

You obtain his initial laboratory test results, detailed in Box 2.

What laboratory tests would you like to order to confirm her diabetes type? 

What laboratory tests would you like to order to determine her diabetes type?

Increased BMI and insulin resistance are important predictors of diabetic ketoacidosis risk among people with type 1 diabetes using SGLT2 inhibitors, say the authors of a meta-analysis and meta-regression.

What do the results of CVOTs mean for practicing clinicians? Medicine Matters contributor, Carol Wysham reviews the latest evidence and guidelines for reducing CV risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.

On the other hand, participants in that study used the older Dexcom G5 system, which requires two daily fingerstick tests for calibration.

Monitor for ketosis and ketoacidosis by symptoms, signs, and laboratory tests.

Analyses of real-world audit data show positive initial results for the flash glucose monitoring system FreeStyle Libre and the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor canagliflozin.

In the fall, I focus on preventive screening (retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy) and vaccines as these sometimes require an appointment for a specialist or an additional lab test.

The results of the adult surgery study from the RISE consortium show that gastric banding has only a small effect on the deterioration of beta-cell function relative to metformin, despite causing markedly greater weight loss.

They add that “excessive weight is an important contributor to the development of LADA in a large proportion of individuals” and therefore “weight loss in obese individuals may reduce the risk not only of type 2 diabetes but also of adult-onset autoimmune diabetes.”

Symposia on the penultimate day of the 2017 American Diabetes Association 77th Scientific Sessions looked at, among other things, healthy lifestyle matters for patients with diabetes and kidney disease, preserving the beta-cell function, and systemic correlates of diabetic retinopathy.