NURS 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Placenta, Fetal Circulation, Thermoregulation
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Treatment of type 1 diabetes: replace insulin, diet is not as helpful as it is in type 2. Diabetes mellitus: overview of the disease and its treatment: disorder of carbohydrate metabolism, deficiency of insulin (type 1, resistance to action of insulin (type 2, sustained hyperglycemia, polyuria, polydipsia, ketonuria, and weight loss. Overview of diabetes treatment: primary goal is to prevent long-term complications, tight control of blood glucose level is important, controlling blood pressure and blood lipids also is important. Type 1 diabetes: requires a comprehensive plan. Insulin physiology: biosynthesis, produced in pancreas by beta cells, secretion, metabolic actions, brings potassium and glucose into cells, metabolic consequences of insulin deficiency. Reduced glucose utilization (cid:894)(cid:272)a(cid:374)"t get glu(cid:272)ose i(cid:374)to (cid:272)ells to produce energy) High alert meds: errors have potential for great harm. Insulin: preparatio(cid:374)s: (cid:862)high alert(cid:863) age(cid:374)ts, sources of insulin, recombinant dna technology (artificially produce human insulin, identical to that produced by human pancreas)
