Updates in this edition

Updates in this edition 

This updated edition of Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general practice (Diabetes Handbook) contains new sections on the following topics: 

• Remission of Type 2 diabetes 
• Weight management interventions for type 2 diabetes (previously a subsection of ‘Lifestyle interventions for the management of type 2 diabetes’) 
• Sleep and diabetes (a subsection under ‘Managing risks and other impacts of diabetes’) 
• Disability, dementia, cognitive decline and hearing impairment (a subsection under ‘Managing risks and other impacts of diabetes’) 

Significant updates to existing sections include: 

• Early-onset type 2 diabetes 
  • updated information on early-onset type 2 diabetes
• Medical management of glycaemia 
  • updated information on newer therapeutic agents, such as combined glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP)/glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) 
• Use of technology in type 2 diabetes management 
  • updated information on technology for type 2 diabetes management
• Complications 
  • type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk – incorporation of the updated cardiovascular disease risk assessment tool and updates on the cardiovascular effects of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and GLP-1RAs 
  • diabetes-related eye disease – updates on rapid reductions in glycated haemoglobin and risks of advancing existing retinopathy 
  • updates on the management of chronic kidney disease in people with diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes and mental health 
  • updates on the management of diabetes and mental health 
• Managing risks and other impacts of type 2 diabetes 
  • vaccination advice updates, including respiratory syncytial virus 
  • preoperative medication advice, including SGLT2i and GLP-1RAs