NY Assessment of glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes can be achieved through patient self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and A1C determinations. 1,2 The American Diabetes ...

[15] The main point is that in today's practice, we are recognizing that tight A1c control is of value to some but not all patients. We must remember, however, that this realization is in the ...

A patient, aged 57 years, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 5 years ago when her blood sugar was found to be elevated at 300 mg/dL, with a hemoglobin A1c of 8.9%. She experienced extreme fatigue ...

Patients were a mean age of 64 years and 54% were men. At baseline, 28% had poor medication adherence (monthly days covered <80%) and 20% had poor glycemic control (A1c >8%). After 33 months ...

In other words, utilizing the subject of this study as an example, focusing on the patients with poor A1C control in any given time period may not yield the overall clinical or financial results ...

The results support policy positions that diabetes self-management education and support should occur at transitions in care. With the right training, patients starting a new insulin can titrate ...

The study was also designed to assess efficacy in patients using and not using GLP-1 receptor agonists. In the study, efsitora reduced A1C by 1.34%, while insulin degludec reduced the same by 1.26 ...

I am wondering if I still need to be overly concerned about my A1C reading. Although there are no clear studies to inform us of the ideal blood sugar control (the A1C is a measurement of your ...