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Diabetic Neuropathy

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As per the American Diabetes Association, it was estimated that 29.1 million Americans had diabetes in 2012. Diabetes remains the seventh leading cause of death in United States. According to data from 2013, approximately $245 billion was spent treating patients with DM. By 2034, 44.1 million Americans are projected to have DM and annual diabetes-related spending may increase to $336 billion.

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  1. Pain Management Center, Dept of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic MD

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Syed Irfan Qasim Ali MD

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Nedeljkovic, S.S., Ali, S.I.Q. (2017). Diabetic Neuropathy. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_146

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