Review of important clinical advances in diabetes mellitus in 2018 / 中国实用内科杂志

In 2018, American Diabetes Association(ADA), European Association for the Study of Diabetes(EASD), Chinese Diabetes Society(CDS), Chinese Geriatrics Society(CGS) and Chinese Society of Microcirculation(CSM), etc. published several guidelines and statements on diabetes and its complications. The prevention of diabetes, diagnostic criteria of diabetes, the characteristics of blood pressure and blood lipid, integrated management of diabetes, the efficacy and adverse reaction of hypoglycemic drugs were also suggested and recommended. These guidelines and statements play key roles in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and future research of diabetes mellitus, which is reviewed in this article.