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Bariatric Surgery Recommendations

Are you changing your criteria for recommending metabolic surgery to your patients based on the new guidelines issued by International Diabetes Federation Taskforce on Epidemiology and Prevention of Diabetes (see article 1)?

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Question #841

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42 year old female, 5’ 4”, 275 lbs, BMI 47.2 kg/m2. History of hypertension, chronic low back pain, severe gastroesophageal reflux disease, depression and type 2 diabetes (diagnosed 2 years ago), and anxiety/depression. Medications include lisinopril 10 mg daily, oxycodone 5 mg TID prn, omeprazole 20 mg daily, metformin 500 mg BID, and paroxetine 20 mg daily. She has been actively working with her PCP on losing weight with diet modification and water aerobics but has only lost about 4% of her weight in the past 6 months. Current labs: (fasting) blood glucose 154 mg/dl, Hgb A1c 6.7 Creatinine 1.6, mg/dl and TSH of 3.6 U/ml. What is the best course of action?

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Dr Aaron Vinik Part 2, Heart Rate Variability

Dr. Aaron Vinik joins Diabetes in Control publisher Steve Freed at the AACE 2016 convention in Orlando, Florida In Part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Dr. Vinik discusses using heart rate variability as a risk identifier in the treatment of patients with high blood glucose. Aaron Vinik, MD, PhD, FCP, MACP, …

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