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1 online resource. Classification of diabetes -- Targets for glycaemic control in hospital -- Diagnosis of diabetes in hospitalised patients -- Nomenclature -- Outline of physiology -- Diabetes specialist nurses : roles and responsibilities -- History taking in patients with diabetes -- Assessment and initial management of patients presenting with high blood glucose levels to an emergency department -- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) -- Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state (HHS) -- Managing acute hypoglycaemia in the emergency department -- Presentation of cardiac disease in diabetic patients -- ACS (acute coronary syndromes) and stroke -- Secondary prevention after ACS -- Acute pancreatitis -- Infections in diabetes -- Variable rate intravenous insulin infusion (VRIII, 'sliding scale') -- Converting from VRIII to subcutaneous insulin -- Writing safe insulin prescriptions -- Insulin preparations in use in the UK -- Commonly used insulin regimens -- Emergency subcutaneous insulin regimens -- Insulin substitutions in emergency settings -- Non-insulin agents -- Managing patients you are asked to see with high blood glucose levels -- Managing acute hypoglycaemia on the wards -- Perioperative management of elective surgery -- Enteral feeding -- Glucocorticoid treatment -- Safe discharge of diabetic patients from hospital -- Technology in diabetes -- Inpatient screening schedule -- Practical procedures -- On-call guide to hyperglycaemic emergencies. David Levy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Diabetes Handbooks, manuals, etc Diabetes Complications Handbooks, manuals, etc Emergency medical services Handbooks, manuals, etc Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Complications Emergency Medical Services Hospitals HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases General MEDICAL Clinical Medicine MEDICAL Diseases MEDICAL Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL Internal Medicine Diabetes Diabetes Complications Emergency medical services RC660 616.4/62025 WK 39 Levy, David, 1954-, author. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Ames, Iowa : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016 (DLC) 2015036877 9781118973479 111897347X 9781118973486 1118973488 9781119145332 1119145333 2015037434 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119145332 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119145332 DLC 151001 20171024085848.0 ocn922799576 eng