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Hyperglycemia in the hospital setting / editors, Rajesh Garg, Margo Hudson ; foreword, Deborah J. Wexler.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hyperglycemia--Treatment.
- Hyperglycemia.
- Diabetes--Treatment.
- Diabetes.
- Diabetics--Hospital care.
- Diabetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Jaypee, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book Hyperglycemia in the Hospital Setting discusses about the approaches to improve quality and safety of insulin. It discusses about the different ways like educational efforts, standardized order sets, and team-based care to manage complex insulin regimens in the hospital setting. It includes the epidemiology of hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients, the controversial topic of glucose goals for hospitalized patients followed by management strategies to achieve these goals, the specific situations of patients on nutritional support, hyperglycemic emergencies and hypoglycaemia. Topics such as team approach for inpatient glucose management, diabetes education in the hospital setting and during transition from inpatient to outpatient management, and an effective transition to outpatient diabetes management are also covered in the end chapters. The book has become a guide to the physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurses at all levels of training and helps in planning well in improving the patient outcomes.
- Contents:
- Prelims; Chapter-01_Introduction; Chapter-02_Epidemiology of Hyperglycemia in the Hospital Setting; Chapter-03_Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Hyperglycemia Mediated Damage in Acute Illness; Chapter-04_Glucose Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients; Chapter-05_Choosing the Glycemic Target for Management of Inpatient Hyperglycemia; Chapter-06_Achieving Glucose Goals in the Inpatient Setting; Chapter-07_Glycemic Management of Hospitalized Patients Receiving Nutrition Support; Chapter-08_Management of Hyperglycemic Emergencies; Chapter-09_Hypoglycemia in Hospitalized Patients
- Chapter-10_Team Approach for Inpatient Glucose ManagementChapter-11_Diabetes Education in the Hospital Setting and During Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient Management; Chapter-12_Maintaining Glucose Control Postdischarge An Effective Transition to Outpatient Diabetes Management; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 23, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 93-5250-108-X
- OCLC:
- 951974716
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