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Diabetes and Ramadan: Practical guidelines.

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The IDF-DAR Practical Guidelines should enhance knowledge surrounding the issue of diabetes and Ramadan fasting, thereby empowering healthcare professionals to give the most up-to-date advice and the best possible support to their patients during Ramadan.
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This article is published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice.The article was published on 2017-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 247 citations till now.

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RSSDI clinical practice recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus 2017

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COVID-19 in people living with diabetes: An international consensus.

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EADSG Guidelines: Insulin Therapy in Diabetes

TL;DR: Indications for exogenous insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) include acute illness or surgery, pregnancy, glucose toxicity, contraindications to or failure to achieve goals with oral antidiabetic medications, and a need for flexible therapy.
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RSSDI-ESI Clinical Practice Recommendations for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 2020.

TL;DR: The present paper presents a meta-analysis of 148 cases of type 2 diabetes patients treated at the UCMS-GTB Hospital in Ahmedabad over a 12-month period from May 2013 to March 2014 that showed clear trends in disease progression and in particular in cases of high blood pressure and insulin resistance.
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Glucose excursions and glycaemic control during Ramadan fasting in diabetic patients: Insights from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)

TL;DR: The main change in glycaemic control with Ramadan fasting in patients with diabetes is in the pattern of excursions, and Ramadan fasting caused neither overall deterioration nor improvement in the majority of patients with good baseline glucose control.
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The effect of vildagliptin relative to sulphonylureas in Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes fasting during Ramadan: the VIRTUE study

TL;DR: To assess, in a real‐world setting, the effect of vildagliptin compared with sulphonylurea treatment on hypoglycaemia in Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) fasting during Ramadan, a comparison study is conducted.
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The effect of Ramadan fasting on maternal serum lipids, cortisol levels and fetal development.

TL;DR: The results of this study showed that maternal serum cortisol level was elevated while LDL/HDL ratio were decreased in healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies of 20 weeks or more, who were fasting during Ramadan.
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Fasting and insulin glargine in individuals with type 1 diabetes.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that glargine insulin would maintain euglycemia in type 1 diabetic subjects during an 18-h fast, such as would occur when a person with type 1 diabetes sleeps late or misses meals, is tested.
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