Nursing 3910A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glucosidases, Hypotension, Diabetic Ketoacidosis

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 3910A/B
• Professor: David Reid

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Outline: paper/health care example, background, classification/types, complications, management, homework question. Word of the week: ca(cid:272)he(cid:454)ia: (cid:374)utritio(cid:374) is(cid:374)"t (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)g (cid:374)eeds; losi(cid:374)g (cid:449)eight (cid:894)(cid:374)ot (cid:373)eeti(cid:374)g (cid:373)eta(cid:271)oli(cid:272) de(cid:373)a(cid:374)ds(cid:895) Diabetes: diabetes (greek) to siphon, what is the most obvious sign, voiding (peeing) and drinking a lot, mellitus (latin) means sweet like honey. The urine of a person with diabetes contains extra sugar. In 1679, a physician tasted the urine of a person with diabetes and described it as sweet like honey: body cannot produce insulin or cannot effectively use insulin, this is the difference b/w type 1 and type 2. Glycogen: how glucose is stored in out liver. 2: 2013: 3 million cdns by 2020 (cda, 2011: global estimates 346 million people, 2014: the number of adults with diabetes in the world increased from 108 million in. Impact on individual and impact on healthcare is huge. Increased sedentary: 1hr of cardio is recommended a day, car culture, calorie dense foods, portion size.