2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Management in Korea: Full Version Recommendation of the Korean Diabetes Association

• Published in: Diabetes & metabolism journal Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 546 - 708
• Main Authors: Moon, Jun Sung, Kang, Shinae, Choi, Jong Han, Lee, Kyung Ae, Moon, Joon Ho, Chon, Suk, Kim, Dae Jung, Kim, Hyun Jin, Seo, Ji A, Kim, Mee Kyoung, Lim, Jeong Hyun, Song, Yoon Ju, Yang, Ye Seul, Kim, Jae Hyeon, Lee, You-Bin, Noh, Junghyun, Hur, Kyu Yeon, Park, Jong Suk, Rhee, Sang Youl, Kim, Hae Jin, Kim, Hyun Min, Ko, Jung Hae, Kim, Nam Hoon, Kim, Chong Hwa, Ahn, Jeeyun, Oh, Tae Jung, Kim, Soo-Kyung, Kim, Jaehyun, Han, Eugene, Jin, Sang-Man, Bae, Jaehyun, Jeon, Eonju, Kim, Ji Min, Kang, Seon Mee, Park, Jung Hwan, Yun, Jae-Seung, Cha, Bong-Soo, Moon, Min Kyong, Lee, Byung-Wan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Diabetes Association / Daehan Dangnyobyeong Hakoe 01.07.2024; Korean Diabetes Association; 대한당뇨병학회
• Subjects: Clinical medicine; Clinical practice guidelines; Committees; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy; Disease Management; Endocrinology; Family physicians; Gestational diabetes; Glucose; Hemoglobin; Humans; Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use; Insulin; International organizations; Medical personnel; Mortality; Nurses; Nutritionists; Original; Plasma; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Social workers; Societies, Medical; 내과학; Republic of Korea
• ISSN: 2233-6079; 2233-6087; 2233-6087
• DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2024.0249

The guidelines have been restructured and updated from the ‘2021 Diabetes Management Guideline’ to serve as a comprehensive resource for a wide range of healthcare professionals involved in diabetes care, including general physicians, specialists, private practitioners, diabetes care physicians in educational institutions, nurses, nutritionists, exercise therapists, social workers, policy makers and other professionals. Ultimately, the guidelines aim to empower healthcare professionals to make informed decisions and deliver the best possible care to patients with diabetes, thereby improving their quality of life and reducing mortality rates. Oral glucose tolerance test The OGTT is a test method that is cumbersome, time-consuming, has low reproducibility, and is relatively high in cost. Because of this, it is difficult to recommend it uniformly for diabetes diagnosis in primary healthcare centers. [...]Korean adults with diabetes are less obese than their Western counterparts, have relatively low insulin secretion capacity, and often only present with postprandial hyperglycemia, especially in the elderly. [...]screening with FPG alone may miss diagnosing diabetes in a significant number of cases.