NURSING 2LA2 Lecture Notes - Hyperglycemia, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Glycerol
8 Mar 2014
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Type 1 diabetes includes cases of diabetes that are primarily that are the result of beta cell destruction which leads to absolute insulin deficiency and is prone to ketoacidosis: this is believed to be a result of genetic environment interaction, when looking at genetic susceptibility to type 1a is the inherited major histocompatibility complex genes on chromosome 6 which encode for human leukocyte antigen hla dq and hla dr. The exact etiology of glucose intolerance in gd is unknown but a combination of insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion are most definitely contributing factors: risk factors: older age, family history, history of glucose intolerance, obesity, membership in certain ethnic or racial groups, history of poor obstetric outcomes and infant weighing greater than 9 pounds, diagnosis is made based on gestational diabetes screen which is a 50g glucose load followed by a plasma glucose level 1 hour later.
