New Guidance for Managing Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association annually updates its comprehensive guidance for caring for patients with diabetes. In this wide-ranging document, authors discuss diabetes management in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes, special populations such as children and pregnant people, and patients with comorbidities. Here are the updates, mostly from Section 7 (Diabetes Technology), that are most relevant to generalists.

Key Recommendations

• The authors recommend early initiation of devices in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (see Figure 1).

  • Use continuous glucose monitors (CGM) at diagnosis for most patients using insulin and any other patient …