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Klappentext 3 am call: "Mrs X has a blood sugar of 23. Come and deal with it.""I think my insulin pen is called something like Solostar."The respiratory doctors started high dose prednisolone, and the patient's glucose is 18. What is the blood glucose target for this patient admitted with an acute coronary syndrome?Do you struggle with common diabetes problems in hospital practice?The Hands-on Guide to Diabetes Care in Hospital is an ideal companion for ward practitioners, providing answers to these and many other practical diabetes problems, helping you to deliver safe and effective care to patients.Using the best current UK and international guidance, The Hands-on Guide to Diabetes Care in Hospital presents succinct guidance on acute diabetes problems, blood glucose management, acute medical and surgical problems commonly complicated by diabetes and insulin and non-insulin agents, as well as preparing for discharge to the community. With top tips, key points, questions to ask, treatment and follow-up advice in each chapter, this is an essential resource for all medical trainees and students who treat diabetic patients. Ward-based nurses, diabetes specialist nurses and pharmacists will also find a lot that is relevant to their practice. Zusammenfassung Highly Commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2016 3 am call: "Mrs X has a blood sugar of 23. Come and deal with it. " "I think my insulin pen is called something like Solostar. " The respiratory doctors started high dose prednisolone, and the patient s glucose is 18. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, viiAbbreviations, xPart 1 Basics, 11 Classification of diabetes, 32 Targets for glycaemic control in hospital, 63 Diagnosis of diabetes in hospitalised patients, 84 Nomenclature, 105 Outline of physiology, 136 Diabetes specialist nurses: roles and responsibilities, 17Part 2 Acute diabetes problems, 197 History taking in patients with diabetes, 218 Assessment and initial management of patients presenting with high blood glucose levels to an emergency department, 269 Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), 3210 Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS), 4011 Managing acute hypoglycaemia in the emergency department, 46Part 3 Acute medical and surgical problems commonly complicated by diabetes , 4912 Presentation of cardiac disease in diabetic patients, 5113 Acute coronary syndromes and stroke, 5314 Secondary prevention after ACS, 5815 Acute pancreatitis, 6216 Infections in diabetes, 66Part 4 Insulin and non-insulin agents, 8517 Variable rate intravenous insulin infusion (VRIII, 'sliding scale' - UK; insulin drip - USA), 8718 Converting from VRIII to subcutaneous insulin, 9019 Writing safe insulin prescriptions, 9120 Insulin preparations in the UK, 9221 Commonly used insulin regimens, 9522 Emergency subcutaneous insulin regimens, 10023 Insulin substitutions in emergency settings, 10224 Non-insulin agents, 104Part 5 Blood glucose management on the wards, 10925 Managing patients you are asked to see with high blood glucose levels, 11126 Managing acute hypoglycaemia on the wards, 11527 Perioperative management of elective surgery, 11928 Enteral feeding, 12329 Glucocorticoid treatment, 12630 Safe discharge of diabetic patients from hospital, 128Part 6 Important odds and ends, 13131 Technology in diabetes, 13332 Inpatient screening schedule, 14233 Practical procedures, 14434 On-call guide to hyperglycaemic emergencies, 154Index, 157...
