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Summary of Revisions for the 2012

Clinical Practice Recommendations
Additions to the Standards
of Medical Care in
Diabetesd2012
c A section on driving and diabetes has
been added.
c A section and table on common comorbidities of diabetes has been added.
c A table listing properties of noninsulin
therapies for hyperglycemia in type 2
diabetes has been added.

to clarify recommendations, the following sections have undergone major

changes:

Revisions to the Standards

of Medical Care in
Diabetesd2012
In addition to many small changes related
to new evidence since the prior year, and

The Introduction was revised to more

clearly describe processes for systematic evidence review, to link to the evidence table for changes since 2011,
and to link to opportunities for public
comment on the Standards of Medical
Care in Diabetesd2012.
Section V.D.2. Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes was revised to include more specic recommendations for starting and
advancing pharmacotherapy for hyperglycemia.

Section X. Strategies for Improving

Diabetes Care was revised to reect
growing evidence for the effectiveness
of restructuring systems of chronic care
delivery.

Revised Position Statement

A revised position statement, Diabetes
Management at Camps for Children
with Diabetes, has been added.

New Position Statement

c A new position statement, Driving and
Diabetes, has been added.

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