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NR601 WK 5 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Terms in this set (39)
a condition in which the blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high
Prediabetes
enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes
Severe insulin deficiency resulting from beta cell destruction which produces
type 1 diabetes mellitus
hyperglycemia due to altered metabolism of lipids, carbs, and proteins.
Diabetes in which the body produces insulin, but not enough, or there is insulin
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
resistance. The patient usually is not dependent on insulin for survival.
-Family hx (1st degree relatives)
- BMI> 25
-Age> 45 years
-impaired fasting glucose or A1C of 5.7%
What are the risk factors in developing type
-hx of gestational diabetes
2 diabetes mellitus?
-HTN
-HLD
-PCOS
-race/ethnicity
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is most common in Caucasians
what ethnicities?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is most common in Native Americans and Alaskan Americans
what ethnicities?
-HgbA1C of 6.5% or higher
-Sxs of DM (polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss) plus a random plasma glucose of 200
mg/dL or higher
What is the diagnostic criteria for type 1
-fasting plasma glucose level of 126 mg/dL or higher (following 8 hrs of no caloric
diabetes mellitus?
intake)
-2 hr plasma glucose level of 200 mg/dL or higher during an oral glucose tolerance
test with 75g glucose load
-HgbA1C of 6.5% or higher
What is the diagnostic criteria for type 2 -random BG of 200 mg/dL in the presence of classic sxs of hyperglycemia or crisis
diabetes mellitus? -Fasting BG of 126 mg/dL on two separate occasions
-2 hour post load BG of 200 mg/dL or higher during OGTT
What is the initial first line treatment Insulin-usually a long acting insulin (Glargine (Lantus))
for type 1 diabetes mellitus?
If patients have DM
When should 81 mg of ASA be started? Over the age of 40
No contraindications for ASA
What is the initial first line treatment Biguanides (Metformin)
for type 2 diabetes mellitus?
N/V/D
What are some common side effects of Abdominal pain
Biguanides? Anorexia
Taste disturbances
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NR601 WK 5 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
Terms in this set (39)
a condition in which the blood sugar level is higher than normal, but not high
Prediabetes
enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes
Severe insulin deficiency resulting from beta cell destruction which produces
type 1 diabetes mellitus
hyperglycemia due to altered metabolism of lipids, carbs, and proteins.
Diabetes in which the body produces insulin, but not enough, or there is insulin
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
resistance. The patient usually is not dependent on insulin for survival.
-Family hx (1st degree relatives)
- BMI> 25
-Age> 45 years
-impaired fasting glucose or A1C of 5.7%
What are the risk factors in developing type
-hx of gestational diabetes
2 diabetes mellitus?
-HTN
-HLD
-PCOS
-race/ethnicity
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is most common in Caucasians
what ethnicities?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is most common in Native Americans and Alaskan Americans
what ethnicities?
-HgbA1C of 6.5% or higher
-Sxs of DM (polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss) plus a random plasma glucose of 200
mg/dL or higher
What is the diagnostic criteria for type 1
-fasting plasma glucose level of 126 mg/dL or higher (following 8 hrs of no caloric
diabetes mellitus?
intake)
-2 hr plasma glucose level of 200 mg/dL or higher during an oral glucose tolerance
test with 75g glucose load
-HgbA1C of 6.5% or higher
What is the diagnostic criteria for type 2 -random BG of 200 mg/dL in the presence of classic sxs of hyperglycemia or crisis
diabetes mellitus? -Fasting BG of 126 mg/dL on two separate occasions
-2 hour post load BG of 200 mg/dL or higher during OGTT
What is the initial first line treatment Insulin-usually a long acting insulin (Glargine (Lantus))
for type 1 diabetes mellitus?
If patients have DM
When should 81 mg of ASA be started? Over the age of 40
No contraindications for ASA
What is the initial first line treatment Biguanides (Metformin)
for type 2 diabetes mellitus?
N/V/D
What are some common side effects of Abdominal pain
Biguanides? Anorexia
Taste disturbances
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