Type 1 diabetes perioperative care: Preventing harm to patients
Imagine you lived with a chronic condition that required you to make over 100 self-management decisions every day. Imagine you have been admitted to hospital for a day surgery procedure and the health professionals have refused your request for access to a medication you need for survival. Imagine...
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| Language: | English |
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Australian College of Perioperative Nurses
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Perioperative Nursing |
| Online Access: | https://journal.acorn.org.au/index.php/jpn/article/view/224 |
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| Summary: | Imagine you lived with a chronic condition that required you to make over 100 self-management decisions every day. Imagine you have been admitted to hospital for a day surgery procedure and the health professionals have refused your request for access to a medication you need for survival. Imagine that as a result of missing this medication you have ended up in an intensive care unit (ICU) with a life-threatening condition. The life-threatening condition is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and the medication you needed is insulin, because you have type 1 diabetes (T1D).
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| ISSN: | 2209-1084 2209-1092 |