title: [Diabetic neuropathy].
abstract: These are the guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of diabetic neuropathy. This diabetic late complication comprises a number of mono- and polyneuropathies, plexopathies, radiculopathies and autonomic neuropathy. The position statement summarizes characteristic clinical symptoms and techniques for diagnostic assessment of diabetic neuropathy. Recommendations for the therapeutic management of diabetic neuropathy, especially for the control of pain in sensorimotor neuropathy, are provided.
authors.affiliation: Interne Abteilung, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl - Natters, Hochzirl, Österreich. monika.lechleitner@tirol-kliniken.at.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lechleitner
authors.affiliation: Internistisches Zentrum, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe, Otto-Wagner-Spital, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Heidemarie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abrahamian
authors.affiliation: Sonderkrankenanstalt Rehabilitationszentrum Alland, Alland, Österreich.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Francesconi
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neurologie, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl, Hochzirl, Österreich.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kofler
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001317:Austria; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003943:Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological / Q000592:standards*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
keywords: Diabetic neuropathy