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Standards of Medical Care for Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

Full text of this position statement is available on the ADA Web site at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/25/1/213

	Introduction

 
Diabetes is a chronic illness that requires continuing medical care and patient self-management education to prevent acute complications and to reduce the risk of long-term complications. Diabetes care is complex and requires that many issues, beyond glycemic control, be addressed. A large body of evidence exists that supports a range of interventions to improve diabetes outcomes.

These standards of care are intended to provide clinicians, patients, researchers, payers, and other interested persons with the components of diabetes care, treatment goals, and tools to evaluate the quality of care. While individual preferences, comorbidities, and other patient factors may require modification of goals, targets that are desirable for most patients with diabetes are provided. These standards are not intended to preclude more extensive evaluation and management of the patient by other specialists as needed. For more detailed information, refer to Skyler (Ed.): Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes and Zimmerman (Ed.): Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes.

The recommendations included are diagnostic and therapeutic actions that are known or believed to favorably affect health outcomes of patients with diabetes. A grading system (Table 1), developed by the Association and modeled after existing methods, was utilized to clarify and codify the evidence that forms the basis for the recommendations.

	CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND SCREENING

The classification of diabetes mellitus includes four clinical classes

• Type 1 diabetes (ß-cell destruction, usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency)
  
• Type 2 diabetes (Results from a progressive insulin secretory defect on the background of insulin resistance)
  
• Other specific types of diabetes (due to other causes, e.g., genetic defects in ß-cell function, genetic defects in insulin action, diseases of the exocrine pancreas, drug or chemical induced)
  
• Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) (diagnosed during . . . [Full Text of this Article]

	INITIAL EVALUATION

	PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES COMPLICATIONS

	SCREENING AND MANAGEMENT OF OTHER COMPLICATIONS

	PREVENTIVE CARE

	Footnotes

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