[Diabetes mellitus needs unrestricted evaluation of patient data to yield treatment progress. The DUTY Register].

Patients with diabetes mellitus require consistent risk management that fulfills risk reduction guidelines for patients suffering from CHD (coronary heart disease). The aim of the DUTY Registry (diabetes mellitus needs unrestricted evaluation of patient data to yield treatment progress) was to show whether the guidelines of the Deutsche Diabetes-Gesellschaft (DDG) are incorporated consistently into daily practice. Therefore 59,035 patients suffering from diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2 were examined by general practitioners. The physician was requested to enter 20 consecutive patients with existing or newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus into the registry. A total of 45,605 patients showed up for the final examination after 9 months. The results presented show that too many patients suffering from diabetes mellitus do not receive consistent therapy for cardiovascular risk factors according to guidelines and therefore the required target values were rarely reached.