Nursing 3910A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Flatulence, Chronic Kidney Disease, Insulin Aspart
16 Dec 2016
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Assessment and management of patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is a condition in which the body either cannot produce insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by elevated levels of glucose in the blood. The major sources of this glucose are absorption of ingested food in the gi tract and formation of glucose by the liver from food substances. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, controls the level of glucose in the blood by regulating the production and storage of glucose. In a diabetic state, the cells may stop responding to insulin or the pancreas may stop producing insulin entirely. 6th leading cause of death in canada: higher prevalence in males. Hospitalization rates for people with diabetes are 2. 4 times greater for adults and 5. 3 times greater for children than for the general population. Diabetes can shorten the life span by an average of 13 years.
