Eighty-year-old diabetic patient with chronic stage IV renal insufficiency according to NKF

Paziente diabetica ottantenne con insufficienza renale cronica di stadio IV secondo la NKF

Abstract

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus increases markedly with age. Furthermore, advancing age is a strong risk factor for diabetic neuropathy. We report the case of a 80 year-old woman with diabetes and diabetic neuropathy (stage 4 according National Kidney Foundation ) treated first with gliclazide and then linagliptin (5 mg/die) that achieved an appropriate glycemic control according to age and general conditions. The treatment with linagliptin was also well-tolerated with no adverse events reported (Diabetology).