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Case Report: «Difficult Patient» and the Problem of Polymorbidity and Polypragmasy

Journal «MEDICINA» ¹ 4, 2018, pp.99-108 (Clinical Cases)

Authors

Gantsgorn E. V.
PhD, Assistant, Chair for Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology1

Alekseev A. N.
Lieutenant of medical service2

1 - Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
2 - Military unit 55796, Morozovsk, Russia

Corresponding Author

Gantsgorn Elena Vladimirovna; e-mail: gantsgorn@inbox.ru

Conflict of interest

None declared.

Funding

The study had no sponsorship.

Abstract

A description of the clinical case is given in a 46-year-old patient with diabetes mellitus type 2 and a number of associated diseases. The stages of the performed diagnostic search are presented with the verification of the clinical diagnosis and the tactics of the prescribed pharmacotherapy.

Key words

diabetes mellitus type 2, polymorbidity, polypragmasy

DOI

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