Clinical Practice Guideline: Shared Decision Making, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Pharmacotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is one of the most important widespread diseases worldwide. In Germany, nearly one in five persons over age 65 has type 2 diabetes. The German National Disease Management Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes (NDMG; in German: Nationale Versorgungsleitlinie, NVL) contains updated recommendations for the diagnostic evaluation and pharmacotherapy of this disease as well as information about specific groups of people for whom early detection may be useful.