Hypoglycemic therapy in patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a leading cause of renal insufficiency in developed countries. Most cases of chronic renal disease in DM patients are dueto diabetic nephropathy. The impairment of renal function at later stages of diabetic nephropathy is accompanied by complicated changes in the regulationof carbohydrate metabolism most of which require hypoglycemic therapy to be corrected

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• chronic kidney disease
• hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
• hypoglycemic therapy