NURS303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Peripheral Artery Disease, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Gestational Diabetes
15 Dec 2017
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Chapter 41 (med surg) assessment and management of patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes: a condition in which the body either cannot produce insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Diabetes mellitus: a group of metabolic diseases characterized by elevated levels of glucose in the blood. Insulin: a hormone produced by the pancreas, controls the level of glucose in the blood by regulating the production and storage of glucose. Decreased production or lack of response to insulin leads to hyperglycemia, which may result in acute metabolic complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (hhns) More than 2 million canadians have been diagnosed with some type of diabetes mellitus to date. 10% of the population who have been diagnosed with diabetes have type 1; the remaining 90% have type 2. Gestational diabetes mellitus, occurs in approximately 3. 5% to 3. 8% of non-aboriginal populations and. 8. 0% to 18. 0% of aboriginal populations for all pregnancies.
