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CHARACTERISTICS OF DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 IN ELDERLY AND SENILE PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

R. Alahverdyan

Abstract

The study covered the diabetic patients treated in the Gerontopsychiatric Clinic for the period from October 1991 until April 1996. The patients from this contingent had peculiarities in the clinical manifestations and diabetic complications. The risk of hypoglycemia was especially dangerous for elderly people on a background of a therapy with neuroleptics. A special education was necessary for the patient, his relatives, and the medical staff. The treatment should be based on precise information taken from the patients themselves, their relatives in a very close collaboration with a nurse, endocrinologist, and psychiatrist.


Keywords

Diabetes mellitus; psychotic disorders; hypoglycemia; patient's education; elderly people

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14748/ssm.v31i0.2927
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