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ReviewJournal of diabetes science and technology2013

Common standards of basal insulin titration in type 2 diabetes.

Sabine Arnolds, Tim Heise, Frank Flacke, Jochen Sieber

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Review in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Practical Guidance on Basal Insulin Initiation and Titration in Asia: A Delphi-Based Consensus.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2022
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  8. Feasibility of a New Approach to Initiate Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2021
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  10. Overbasalization: Addressing Hesitancy in Treatment Intensification Beyond Basal Insulin.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2020
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  11. Best Practices and Tools for Titrating Basal Insulins: Expert Opinion from an Indian Panel via the Modified Delphi Consensus Method.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2020
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  13. Insulin Initiation and Titration in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2019
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  14. Insulin Matters: A Practical Approach to Basal Insulin Management in Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2018
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  19. Starting insulin in type 2 diabetes: real-world outcomes after the first 12 months of insulin therapy in a new zealand cohort.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sabine ArnoldsProfil, Neuss, Germany, Hellersbergstrasse 9, Neuss, Germany. sabine.arnolds@profil.com
Tim Heise
Frank Flacke
Jochen Sieber
Profil Institute for Metabolic Research · DESanofi (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus has become a worldwide major health problem, and the number of people affected is steadily increasing. Thus, not all patients suffering from the disease can be treated by specialized diabetes centers or outpatient clinics, but by primary care physicians. The latter, however, might have time constraints and have to deal with many kinds of diseases or with multimorbid patients, so their focus is not so much on lowering high blood glucose values. Thus, the physicians, as well as the patients themselves, are often reluctant to initiate and adjust insulin therapy, although basal insulin therapy is considered the appropriate strategy after oral antidiabetic drug failure, according to the latest international guidelines. A substantial number of clinical studies have shown that insulin initiation and optimization can be managed successfully by using titration algorithms-even in cases where patients themselves are the drivers of insulin titration. Nevertheless, tools and strategies are needed to facilitate this process in the daily life of both primary health care professionals and patients with diabetes.

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AlgorithmsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinPractice Guidelines as TopicHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin

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PMID23759411
PMCPMC3869146
OpenAlexW2121918915

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