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  2. Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care group

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    [3] [4] The guidelines have been widely used across the UK and helped reduce variations by standardising approach to inpatient diabetes care. [1] Hypoglycaemia [5] Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in Adults [6] Hyperosmolar hyperglycemia state (HHS) in adults with diabetes [7] Glycaemic control in people with cancer [8] Diabetes at the front door [9]

  3. Diabetic ketoacidosis - Wikipedia

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    Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus. [1] Signs and symptoms may include vomiting , abdominal pain , deep gasping breathing , increased urination , weakness, confusion and occasionally loss of consciousness . [ 1 ]

  4. Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state - Wikipedia

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    The major differential diagnosis is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). In contrast to DKA, serum glucose levels in HHS are extremely high, usually greater than 40-50 mmol/L (600 mg/dL). [6] Metabolic acidosis is absent or mild. [6] A temporary state of confusion (delirium) is also more common in HHS than DKA. HHS also tends to affect older people more.

  5. Ketosis - Wikipedia

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    Ketosis is a metabolic state characterized by elevated levels of ketone bodies in the blood or urine. Physiological ketosis is a normal response to low glucose availability. . In physiological ketosis, ketones in the blood are elevated above baseline levels, but the body's acid–base homeostasis is maintain

  6. Cerebral edema - Wikipedia

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    Rapid reduction of blood glucose in diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state. [18] [21] Hemodialysis has been associated with ionic edema and cellular swelling. [18] Cerebral edema is a potentially life-threatening complication of severely decreased sodium ion concentration in the blood (hyponatremia). [17]

  7. Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults - Wikipedia

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    A fasting blood sugar level of ≥ 7.0 mmol / L (126 mg/dL) is used in the general diagnosis of diabetes. [17] There are no clear guidelines for the diagnosis of LADA, but the criteria often used are that the patient should develop the disease in adulthood, not need insulin treatment for the first 6 months after diagnosis and have autoantibodies in the blood.

  8. IUD Insertion Pain Is Borderline Unbearable. This New Tool ...

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    Soon, with five people in the room—Townsell, her boyfriend, a patient-care advocate, the supervising doctor, and a doctor in training—the doctor used the Carevix to place her copper IUD.

  9. Type 2 diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Despite guidelines recommending that intensive blood sugar control be based on balancing immediate harms with long-term benefits, many people – for example people with a life expectancy of less than nine years who will not benefit, are over-treated. [103] It is recommended that all people with type 2 diabetes get regular eye examinations. [13]