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La pandemia diabete in Italia. L'ENDOCRINOLOGO 2022. [PMCID: PMC9327878 DOI: 10.1007/s40619-022-01130-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In Italia vivono circa 4 milioni di persone con il diabete e ogni anno ci sono circa 350 mila nuove diagnosi. Le persone con diabete ricevono prescrizioni di farmaci, esami di laboratorio e strumentali e richiedono ricoveri ospedalieri più spesso delle persone senza il diabete. Il diabete è gravato da aumentata mortalità e accorcia la vita, soprattutto nelle persone di media età. La qualità della cura nelle persone con diabete è subottimale, soprattutto fra chi non è assistito nei centri diabetologici (che, peraltro, rappresentano dei luoghi “salvavita”). Il diabete contribuisce fortemente alla spesa sanitaria e comporta ingenti spese, non tutte specificamente sanitarie. Nonostante tutto questo e nonostante leggi nazionali e regionali, documenti di indirizzo nazionali e regionali, PDTA regionali e locali, promesse e proponimenti di varia provenienza, la pandemia diabete non riceve le attenzioni che merita.
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Avogaro A, Bonora E, Consoli A, Del Prato S, Genovese S, Giorgino F. Glucose-lowering therapy and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndrome. Diab Vasc Dis Res 2019; 16:399-414. [PMID: 31044622 DOI: 10.1177/1479164119845612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Diabetes is a common comorbidity in patients hospitalized for an acute coronary syndrome event, and prevalence is increasing. Among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, diabetes can be an independent predictor of mortality and new cardiovascular events; both short- and long-term outcomes are worse for patients with diabetes relative to those without, and undiagnosed diabetes is associated with greater mortality. The impact of glycemic control on cardiovascular outcomes and the best approach to treat hyperglycemia upon hospital admission for acute coronary syndrome in patients with or without known diabetes remain open questions. This review assesses available evidence for hyperglycemia management at the time of admission for acute coronary syndrome and, thereafter, finds that (1) admission plasma glucose plays a role in predicting adverse events, especially in patients with unknown diabetes; (2) glycated haemoglobin is a likely predictor of events in patients with unknown diabetes; and (3) hypoglycemia at the time of acute myocardial infarction hospital admission is an important predictor for mortality in patients with and without diabetes. Whether glucose-targeted insulin and glucose infusion have advantages over glucose-insulin-potassium infusion remains controversial. Evidence for the effect of novel glucose-lowering agents used at the time of an acute cardiovascular event is limited and requires more dedicated studies.
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- Angelo Avogaro
- 1 Unit of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- 2 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- 4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- 5 Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
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- 6 Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Sesti G, Avogaro A, Belcastro S, Bonora BM, Croci M, Daniele G, Dauriz M, Dotta F, Formichi C, Frontoni S, Invitti C, Orsi E, Picconi F, Resi V, Bonora E, Purrello F. Ten years of experience with DPP-4 inhibitors for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetol 2019; 56:605-617. [PMID: 30603867 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-018-1271-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Achieving and maintaining recommended glycemic targets without causing adverse e ffects, including hypoglycemia, is challenging, especially in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The introduction of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, more than 10 years ago, has provided an alternative to conventional medications for the intensification of glucose-lowering treatment after failure of metformin monotherapy, and therefore, marked an important advance in the management of T2DM. By prolonging the activity of incretin hormones, DPP-4 inhibitors induce insulin release and decrease glucagon secretion in a glucose-dependent manner. This results in a more physiologic glycemic control as compared to that ensured by insulin secretagogues (sulfonylureas and glinides). Overall, DPP-4 inhibitors have a favorable safety profile and can be used without dose adjustments in older adults and in patients with mild renal impairment; they have a neutral effect on body weight and do not cause hypoglycemia by themselves. Safety issues, reported mainly in post-marketing surveillance programs and including cardiovascular outcomes and the risk of acute pancreatitis, are being extensively investigated. The aim of this review is to discuss the impact of DPP-4 inhibitors on the treatment of T2DM, after 10 years of experience, with an emphasis on diabetes care in Italy. We will first describe T2DM treatment in Italy and then provide an overview of the main findings from randomized controlled trials, real-world studies and post-marketing surveillance programs with DPP-4 inhibitors.
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- Giorgio Sesti
- Department of Clinical and Surgical Science, University of Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Rehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine A.O.U. Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Verona and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Diabetes Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Diabetes Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Systems Medicine, S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Rehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Diabetes Unit, Fondazione IRCCS'Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Systems Medicine, S. Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Diabetes Unit, Fondazione IRCCS'Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Verona and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Bonora E, Monami M, Bruno G, Zoppini G, Mannucci E. Attending Diabetes Clinics is associated with a lower all-cause mortality. A meta-analysis of observational studies performed in Italy. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2018; 28:431-435. [PMID: 29627120 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2017] [Revised: 01/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The epidemiological explosion of diabetes is a challenge for Health Systems and the identification of the most appropriate models of care are warranted. The inclusion of primary care physicians in the models is unquestioned whereas the role played by secondary and tertiary care (Diabetes Clinic) is often debated. However, studies focusing on hard endpoints and comparing Diabetes Clinic attendance vs. no attendance are scant. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A meta-analysis was performed including all observational cohort studies performed in Italy, reporting crude and/or adjusted estimates of all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes attending or not attending Diabetes Clinics. Attendance was defined by prescriptions and reimbursement of specialist visits by the National Health System. RESULTS Three studies enrolling 191,847 subjects with diabetes were included in the analysis, and about half of them had at least one visit in the Diabetes Clinic per year. During the follow-up, ranging 1-11 years, 9653 subjects died. Mortality was remarkably lower in subjects attending Diabetes Clinic (MH-OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.55-0.88, p = 0.002). Results were confirmed after adjusting for confounders (MH-OR 0.81, 95% CI 0.69-0.95, p = 0.009). CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study suggest that attending Diabetes Clinics is associated with a lower all-cause mortality. This finding might be instrumental to implement the best models of care for persons with diabetes.
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- E Bonora
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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- Diabetology, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi and University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University and Hospital Trust of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Diabetology, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi and University of Florence, Italy
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