The hands-on guide to diabetes care in hospital
By: David Levy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781118973493
Subjects: Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Emergency Medical Services; Hospitals; Handbooks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Classification of diabetes; title: Targets for glycaemic control in hospital; title: Diagnosis of diabetes in hospitalised patients; title: Nomenclature; title: Outline of physiology; title: Diabetes specialist nurses : roles and responsibilities; title: History taking in patients with diabetes; title: Assessment and initial management of patients presenting with high blood glucose levels to an emergency department; title: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA); title: Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS); title: Managing acute hypoglycaemia in the emergency department; title: Presentation of cardiac disease in diabetic patients; title: ACS (acute coronary syndromes) and stroke; title: Secondary prevention after ACS; title: Acute pancreatitis; title: Infections in diabetes; title: Variable rate intravenous insulin infusion (VRIII, 'sliding scale'); title: Converting from VRIII to subcutaneous insulin; title: Writing safe insulin prescriptions; title: Insulin preparations in use in the UK; title: Commonly used insulin regimens; title: Emergency subcutaneous insulin regimens; title: Insulin substitutions in emergency settings; title: Non-insulin agents; title: Managing patients you are asked to see with high blood glucose levels; title: Managing acute hypoglycaemia on the wards; title: Perioperative management of elective surgery; title: Enteral feeding; title: Glucocorticoid treatment; title: Safe discharge of diabetic patients from hospital; title: Technology in diabetes; title: Inpatient screening schedule; title: Practical procedures; title: On-call guide to hyperglycaemic emergencies.