Diabetes: Treat to Mitigate

New Diabetes Guidelines: 'Treat to Mitigate'
DISCLOSURES October 29, 2020 1Read Comment ADD TO EMAIL ALERTS It's no secret that the number of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is multiplying each day. In many countries, T2D is managed mostly in primary care and not in the offices of specialists, but it's the specialists who have written most of the guidelines. Now we have a new position statement on the management of T2D from Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE) — authored by nine primary care physicians and one primary care nurse. Let's take a look at what's different.


All other patients with T2D, including those with obesity, are classified as "high cardiovascular risk." There is no "low risk" or "moderate risk" classification, underlining the PCDE's view that all patients with T2D have significant cardiovascular risk.