A 72-year-old woman with long-standing type 2 diabetes, mild cognitive impairment and severe osteoarthritis lives in a long-term care facility. She ha...

Question

A 72-year-old woman with long-standing type 2 diabetes, mild cognitive impairment and severe osteoarthritis lives in a long-term care facility. She has had several recent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycaemia. Her current HbA1c is 6.6 percent on basal-bolus insulin. According to Diabetes Canada, what is the most appropriate HbA1c target?

Accepted Answer

Relax HbA1c target to below 8.5 percent

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Maintain the current HbA1c target below 6.5 percent

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Target HbA1c below 7.0 percent

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Target HbA1c below 7.5 percent

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Stop all glucose-lowering therapy and accept any HbA1c

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Individualised diabetes targets in older adults