Nursing 3910A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Lightheadedness, Glycemic Index, Ketosis
7 Nov 2017
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Endocrine balance: diabetes reading medical-surgical nursing (3rd ed. , pp. Day & b. williams, brunner & suddarth"s canadian textbook of: diabetes is a condition in which the body either can"t produce insulin or can"t. Wilkins. effectively use the insulin it produces: diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycemia. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas: it controls the level of glucose in the blood by regulating the production/storage of glucose. 2: 2-hr plasma glucose of 75g in an oral glucose tolerance test, or, fasting plasma glucose: 6. 1 6. 0 mmol/l, glycated haemoglobin of 6. 0 6. 4% Insulin and glucagon maintain a constant level of glucose in the blood: the liver makes glucose through the breakdown of glycogen (aka glycogenolysis, when the liver forms glucose from the breakdown of non-carb substances, its called gluconeogenesis) Assessment and diagnostic findings: the following is criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
