American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2017

The American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) 2017 Standards of Care1 were published in Diabetes Care on 15 December 2016. Notable changes in the new guidelines include the recommendation of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor empagliflozin and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist liraglutide for type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients at high risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Data from the Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular...