Ketoacidosis

Introduction What is Insulin Resistance Syndrome? Insulin Resistance Syndrome is a proven facilitator of an alarming number of chronic illnesses in the United States. In order to understand the severity of insulin resistance syndrome, it is vital to recognize the important role that insulin plays in the human body (Reaven, 1995). Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas which is instrumental in the body’s use of digested food for energy. The body’s digestive tract breaks down…

which may also lead to diabetes. Childhood nutrition plays a vital role in the risk of diabetes.(Fowler 2010) Complications develop if the diabetes of a person is not well managed. These complications may cause problems for our health. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a condition which is triggered by abnormally high levels of blood glucose. It may lead to coma too. When the blood glucose level is abnormally low it can cause seizures and unconsciousness. It can be due to heavy exercising, skipping a…

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One may ask, what kind of nurse are you? For some nurses the answer is clear, for others that answer may not be quite so simple. There are those who will go their entire career without truly knowing or finding out what they truly want to do. You will have nurses that will always want to continue to grow and develop in their role, always aspiring to follow paths to help them grow and you will have others that will stay in the same positon for their entire career. One thing all nurses have in…

Lipid Digestion: Absorption and Transport of Lipids Lipid digestion occurs primarily in the small intestine though a small amount of lipids are broken down in the stomach. Special enzymes called lipases breakdown triglycerides the most abundant lipids in the diet and phospholipids. Lingual lipase secreted by glands in the tongue and gastric lipase secreted by gastric chief cells hydrolyze a small amount of triglycerides into fatty acids and monoglycerides. As chyme enters the duodenum from the…

The most intriguing patient during my time at Decatur General Hospital was a man who was admitted with rhabdomyolysis. The patient is a 68-year-old male with a significant past medical history of hip fractures, decubitus ulcers along with sepsis, alcohol abuse, acute blood loss anemia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and nicotine abuse. The patient was transferred to Decatur General Hospital Emergency Room from his previous rehabilitation center due to progressively getting weaker and…

miscarriage and pregnancy complications (Thorogood & Donaldson, 2010). Maternal risks during pregnancy due to type 1 diabetes include miscarriage, depression, pre-eclampsia, peripheral vascular disease, cardiovascular disease, nephropathy, diabetic ketoacidosis,…

This can be due to the creation of too much acid, buildup of acid, or lack of base in the blood to balance the acid in the system. There are several causes/types of metabolic acidosis. The first one is diabetic ketoacidosis, which is brought on by long periods of hyperglycemia, or high blood glucose. The body doesn’t have enough insulin to allow the cells to use the glucose in the blood to create energy, and thus turns to burning fat, which has a byproduct of ketones…

INTRODUCTION: According to Ong andHho1 fournier’s gangrene was originally described by Baurienne in 1764, but named by jean Alfred Fournier(1832 - 1914) in 1883 when he described the occurrence of a condition characterised by sudden onset in previously healthy young men, rapid progression to gangrene and absence of a definite cause, as quoted by Stephens et al.2 and Laor et al.3 the Persian physician Avicenna (980 - 1037) had earlier described the same condition in his book the Canon of…

One potentially life threatening complication is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). “DKA is a state of absolute or relative insulin deficiency aggravated by ensuing hyperglycemia, dehydration, and acidosis-producing derangements in intermediary metabolism. The most common causes are underlying infection, disruption of…