S/S
Complications
Management
Pharmacology
Developmental Issues
100

Known as the 3 p's, these are the 3 main signs of diabetes mellitus.

What is Polyuria, Polyphagia, Polydipsia?

100

Nerve damage associated with diabetics

What is Diabetic Neuropathy?
100

This blood test shows the average blood sugar levels over the last 3 months.

What is HGB A1c?

100

This type of insulin is known as degludec, detemir, and glargine

What is Long-acting?

100
This medication is used to treat nausea and vomiting 
What is Zofran?
200

This type of diabetes is not based on lifestyle, is inherited, and hispanic, african, and asian ethnicities are at higher risk.

What is Type 1 Diabetes (Idiopathic)? 

200

This complication is associated with a blood glucose < 70, paleness, sweating. 

What is Hypoglycemia? (Nursing care for this complication is to obtain a blood glucose, assess history, give 15 g of carbs)

200

These are the main goals of diabetes management 

What are reducing symptoms, promote well-being, prevent acute complications?

200

This is the only type of insulin that can be used intravenously

What is Regular Insulin?

200

This complication shows no warning signs until glucose is critically low, and s/s are loss of conciousness, incoherence, and lethargy

What is Hypoglycemia unawareness?

300

This is the amount of times BG should be taken a day in patients with Type 1 diabetes.

What is 8 or more?

300

This complication is often associated with type 1 diabetics; with it's side effects being a low pH, lethargy, dehydration, ketones in urine, and "fruity breath".

What is Diabetic Ketoacidosis? (Acronym: ACT RAPID: Airway, Commence fluid replenishment, Treat potassium, Regular Insulin (IV!), Acidosis management, Prevent complications, Inform family, Discharge.)

300

This type of risk factor is associated with physical inactivity, increased fat, and increased cholesterol

What are Modifiable risk factors?

300

This medication is involved in controlling blood sugar (glucose) levels, but is not insulin

What is Glucagon?

300

This happens when hormones your body naturally makes in the early morning increase your blood sugar, causing morning hyperglycemia upon waking

What is Dawn Phenomenon?

400

This slow progressing autoimmune form of type 1 is often mistake for DM2

What is Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

This is how often a hypoglycemia assessment needs to be, and is just as often as HGB A1c.
400

This is the minimum number of minutes of aerobic exercise weekly for patients with type 2 diabetes.

What is 150 minutes or more?

400

This oral drug increases insulin production, associated with the side effect of hypoglycemia, is available in generic versions, making them relatively affordable. They include medications like glipizide, glimepiride, and glyburide

What are Sulfonylureas?

400

This happens when a low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) episode overnight leads to high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) in the morning due to a surge of counterregulatory hormones

What is the Somogyi Effect?

500

This is known as the thickening of the wall of the heart's main pumping chamber and is a strong predictor of adverse CV outcomes, such as heart failure.

What is Diabetic Cardiomyopathy?

500

This life-threatening disorder is what is needed to be assessed for in patients suffering from DKA, often showing signs associated with disorientation, sudden severe headache, loss of conciousness etc. 

What is cerebral edema?

500

This is a medical test in which glucose is given and blood samples taken afterward to determine how quickly it is cleared from the blood, and patients with diabetes will have 200 mg/dL or greater

What is Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)?

500

This drug decreases glucose production by the liver, and should be held if the patient is having surgery, usually 2 days before and 2 days after

What is Metformin?

500

This serious complication of diabetes that happens when blood sugar levels are very high for a long period of time only occurs in type 2 diabetics, is common in elderly, no ketosis/acidosis, with mental changes being a common symptom

What is Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome (HHS)?

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