mmol/L HDL: 49 mmol/L Triglycerides: 2.9 mmol/L A subsequent fasting BG is also elevated and Y.L. is diagnosed with DM type 2 After meeting with Y.L and discussing management therapies the physician decides to start multiple dose injection of insulin therapy and have the patient count carbohydrate intake. Y.L. is scheduled for education classes and is to work with the diabetes team to get her BG under control. 1. Identify the
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Diabetes is a condition where the amount of glucose in the blood is too high because the body can not use it properly. This is because the pancreas does not produce any insulin‚ or not enough‚ to help glucose enter the body’s cells – or the insulin that is produced does not work properly‚ known as insulin resistance. Insulin is the hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter the body’s cells‚ where it is used as fuel for energy. Glucose comes from digesting carbohydrates
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the management of type 1 diabetes‚ with the wider adoption of intensive insulin therapy to reduce the risk of complications. However‚ a large gap between evidence and practice remains‚ as recently shown by the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study‚ in which 30-year rates of microvascular complications in the ‘real world’ EDC patients were twice that of DCCT patients who received intensive insulin therapy. This gap may be attributed to the many challenges that patients
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At the start of the 20th century‚ Wilfred Laurier stated “ the next hundreds years would belong to Canada.” Your job as a historian is to decide whether that statement was true. When Wilfred Laurier said that the 20th Century would belong to Canada‚ I believe he meant‚ that the 20th century will be a year of great prosperity for Canada. Also that Canada will shine‚ and stand out as a country‚ and a fighting force. The 20th century belonged to Canada On January 18‚ 1904 Prime Minister
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system in our bodies‚ because our pancreas which is part of your endocrine system is what releases the insulin that our bodies need for our sugars to stay the same and never go in one extreme or the other. At first we would like for you to try to test your sugar at least three times a day and keep a record. When you have diabetes your pancreas is not able to do its job and release the insulin that your body needs so first we try to control it by diets and exercise. For a lot of people this makes
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of glucose metabolism are Insulin‚ Glucagon‚ Epinephrine‚ norepinephrine‚ and cortisol. Insulin is located in the pancreas and the action of insulin is remarkable and also not as complex as most people would think. Glucose is taken up by a muscle that is at rest‚ which in turn regulates blood glucose concentration. This process isn’t difficult to understand because it isn’t as many parts to the process. Glucagon also finds itself located in the pancreas along side insulin. The action of glucagon
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enzymes which have no relation to diabetes‚ and to produce a hormone called insulin. The pancreas has three types of cells: B cells (insulin)‚ A cells (glucagon)‚ and D cells (somatostatin). B cells( known as
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of a nursing home resident‚ a student nurse accidentally gives 13 units of 70/30 insulin to a patient who also received glipizide this morning. * What should the student nurse do when she realizes the error? * Report the error to her preceptor Nurse‚ along with the Nursing Supervisor. * At what point would the insulin peak and when should blood sugars be checked? * 70/30 insulin has a peak of 2-12 hours. * Blood sugars should be checked immediately
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sugar level increases over a long period of time. To be more specific‚ diabetes is basically a disease involving the hormone secreted by the pancreas called Insulin. This hormones’ key function is to absorb glucose (derived from sugar) from the blood and turns it into skeletal muscle cells and fat. If the pancreas is unable to produce insulin‚ the level of blood sugar elevates‚ thus giving birth to the disease called Diabetes. Early warning and troublesome signs of having diabetes is polyphagia (increased
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Physiology Lab Review Questions for Final 7.2: Electrocardiogram (ECG) 1. The pacemaker region of the heart is the right atrium (SA node) ____________________________. 2. The conducting tissue of the heart located in the interventricular septum is the right and left bundle branches 3. Indicate the electrical events that produce each of these waves: a. P wave __atrial depolarization________________________________________________________. b. QRS wave __ventricular depolarization_________________________________________________
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