Obese and hypertensive elderly patient, with incipient diabetic nephropathy and previous cardiovascular event, long-term treated with secretagogues

Paziente anziano obeso e iperteso, con incipiente nefropatia diabetica e pregresso evento cardiovascolare, trattato a lungo con secretagoghi

Authors

  • Andrea Da Porto Ambulatorio Diabetologico, SOC Medicina Interna T AAS n. 3, Alto Friuli-Collinare-Medio Friuli

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19156/abtpn.2018.0045

Keywords:

Type 2 diabetes, Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetic nephropathy, Empagliflozin

Abstract

We report the case of a 75-year old patient affected by type 2 diabetes for about 20 years, treated for a prolonged period with insulin secretagogues. He is also affected by arterial hypertension, obesity and incipient diabetic nephropathy and had suffered a cardiovascular event. He was referred to us by his GP to verify his high values of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and for an excessive weight increase (Diabetology)