Complications of Diabetes course
This session outlines immediate and long-term complications of diabetes and strategies to prevent them. It also covers the management of problems with insulin doses and timing, as well as problems with insulin devices.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Outline the actions the child, family and healthcare professionals should take when insulin is missed or if a wrong or late dose of insulin is given
- List the action to take if there is a problem with insulin devices
- Explain how to monitor, diagnose and manage associated conditions
- Describe the immediate and long-term complications of diabetes
- Explain the purpose of screening for long-term diabetic complications
- State the methods used and frequency of screening for diabetic complications
This session outlines immediate and long-term complications of diabetes and strategies to prevent them.
Before commencing this session, you should complete:
- Management of Blood Glucose (172-17)
- Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels and Hyperglycaemia (172-18)
- Lifestyle Considerations (172-19)
Jan is National GRID Trainee in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham and NIHR Academic Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
He has been awarded with a PhD on his thesis on the molecular regulation of androgen biosynthesis in 2015.
He is interested in androgen excess and deficiency conditions, obesity and early markers of metabolic disease progression.
- Acute Medicine | Falls 02 knowledge C
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-11-28
- Location:Online
- This session revises the basic physiology of water and sodium regulation, and demonstrates a structured approach to the assessment and management of patients with hyponatraemia.
- Acute Medicine | Falls 02 knowledge B
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-11-28
- Location:Online
- This session lists the drugs that can commonly cause hyponatraemia. It also gives sources of further information if less common drug causes are suspected.
- Acute Medicine | Falls 01 knowledge C
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-11-28
- Location:Online
- This session gives an overview of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and discusses the medical assessment and management of falls.
- Acute Medicine | Falls 01 knowledge B
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-11-28
- Location:Online
- This session discusses the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
- Acute Medicine | Falls 01 knowledge A
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-11-28
- Location:Online
- This session discusses the causes of falls in older people.
