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Diabetes complications
Diabetes complications

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Diabetes complications

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • define and use, or recognise definitions and applications of, each of the terms printed in bold in the text

  • list the investigations that should form part of a diabetes annual review

  • discuss the role of different diabetes team members in performing the investigations for an annual review

  • appreciate the range of results for the various tests carried out at the annual review

  • explain which risk factors are associated with particular diabetes complications.

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