title: Treatment urgency: The importance of getting people with type 2 diabetes to target promptly.
abstract: The burgeoning population of individuals with type 2 diabetes provides challenges for management in terms of risk of diabetes-related complications. Early, intensive glycemic control particularly in newly-diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes has been shown to be beneficial in terms of reducing diabetic complications, indeed various national and international guidelines now routinely recommend intensive blood glucose control as an essential element of type 2 diabetes management. However, despite this, current management of glycemia is suboptimal and not enough people achieve their glucose targets worldwide. The Global Partnership for Effective Diabetes Management believe that an improved understanding of these contributing factors should enable the development of practice and guidance that will promote a drive toward better quality clinical outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes, London, UK.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Felton
authors.affiliation: Medical Arts Research Collaborative, Excelsior Springs, MO, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LaSalle
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: margaret.mcgill@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGill
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human
keywords: Clinical inertia; Comorbidities; Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Hyperglycemia; Type 2