Strategies for Improving Care

2016 ADA Guideline Recommendations
Types of Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetes type I
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2016 ADA Standard of Medical Care Guideline Recommendations
Strategies for Improving Care
Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes
Foundations of Care and Comprehensive Medical Evaluation Diabetes Self-Management, Education, and Support Nutritional Therapy
Prevention or Delay of Type II Diabetes
Glycemic Targets
Obesity Management for Treatment of Type II Diabetes
Approaches to Glycemic Treatment
Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control Lipid Management Antiplatelet Agents Coronary Heart Disease
Microvascular Complications and Foot Care Diabetic Kidney Disease Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetic Neuropathy Diabetic Footcare
Older Adults with Diabetes
Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Microvascular Complications in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes
Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy
Diabetes Care in the Hospital Setting

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shivani Chaparala M.B.B.S [2]; Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [3]; Tarek Nafee, M.D. [4]

2016 ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes Guidelines

"1. Test for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes at the first prenatal visit in those with risk factors, using standard diagnostic criteria. (Level of Evidence: B)"

"2. Test for gestational diabetes mellitus at 24–28 weeks of gestation in pregnant women not previously known to have diabetes. (Level of Evidence: A)"

"3. Screen women with gestational diabetes mellitus for persistent diabetes at 6–12 weeks postpartum, using the oral glucose tolerance test and clinically appropriate nonpregnancy diagnostic criteria (Level of Evidence: E)"

"4. Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus should have lifelong screening for the development of diabetes or prediabetes at least every 3 years. (Level of Evidence: B)"

"5. Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus found to have prediabetes should receive lifestyle interventions or metformin to prevent diabetes. (Level of Evidence: A)"