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Glucocorticoid therapy and diabetes management
1Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. jvolgi@rush.edu
The Nursing Clinics of North America
|May 31, 2001
Abstract:
The use of glucocorticoids can worsen pre-existing diabetes and precipitate new steroid induced diabetes. The purpose of this article is to explain the effects of glucocorticoid therapy on diabetes management and to demonstrate how to achieve optimal diabetes control through several case studies.