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The diagnosis of new-onset diabetes mellitus is often made in the emergency department, and this chapter guides the physician through the treatment of urgent diabetic conditions to treatment option for those to be discharged from the emergency department.

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  1. Emergency Department, UF Health-Shands, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Ideen Zeinali MD

  2. Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Bobby Desai MD, Med

  3. Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Newberry, FL, USA

    Alpa Desai DO

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Bobby Desai

  2. Department of Community Health & Family Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Alpa Desai

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Zeinali, I., Desai, B., Desai, A. (2017). Diabetes. In: Desai, B., Desai, A. (eds) Primary Care for Emergency Physicians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44360-7_22

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