S/S
Known as the 3 p's, these are the 3 main signs of diabetes mellitus.
What is Polyuria, Polyphagia, Polydipsia?
Nerve damage associated with diabetics
This blood test shows the average blood sugar levels over the last 3 months.
What is HGB A1c?
This type of insulin is known as degludec, detemir, and glargine
What is Long-acting?
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)?
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)
These are the main goals of diabetes management
What are reducing symptoms, promote well-being, prevent acute complications?
This is the only type of insulin that can be used intravenously
What is Regular Insulin?
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?
This is the amount of times BG should be taken a day in patients with Type 1 diabetes.
What is 8 or more?
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.)
This type of risk factor is associated with physical inactivity, increased fat, and increased cholesterol
What are Modifiable risk factors?
This medication is involved in controlling blood sugar (glucose) levels, but is not insulin
What is Glucagon?
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?
This slow progressing autoimmune form of type 1 is often mistake for DM2
What is Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the minimum number of minutes of aerobic exercise weekly for patients with type 2 diabetes.
What is 150 minutes or more?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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)?
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?
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)?