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Journals club - Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type-2 diabetes

The efficacy of self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with newly diagnosed type-2 diabetes ... that for patients with non-insulin treated type-2 diabetes, intensive self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG ... 2007; 335: 132-6 ). Evidence base Patients should be properly trained in the use of blood ...

A problem shared - Concern for an elderly diabetic

An elderly man with elevated blood glucose is feeling unwell but refuses to be admitted to hospital....accommodation. The carer is concerned that the man has not been performing his blood tests and his blood glucose ... changes lately? Assess whether he truly does have a high blood glucose level, what has caused his blood ... blood glucose. If the patient is insulin dependent then a regular blood glucose check is important ...

MRCGP Exam Update - Self-monitoring of glucose

complications. - Self-monitoring of blood glucose, hailed as one of the most important developments in diabetes ... has supported the use of home blood glucose monitoring in type-2 diabetes, although it indicated ... multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals published consensus advice on home blood glucose monitoring ...

MRCGP: CSA practice case - Discussing blood test results

recent blood test. If questioned in detail, you had a glucose tolerance test because a fasting glucose ... , did not take your cholesterol tablets for the one month preceding the blood test hoping ... when your blood results are being discussed. With your diet and exercise programme over the past ...

Self-monitoring in type-2 diabetes

of normoglycaemia for preventing diabetic complications. Self-monitoring of blood glucose, hailed as a vitally ... merely indicate that those who are highly motivated (reflected in the take-up of self-monitoring of blood glucose) are likely to do well in the long term. In a large study of non-insulin-treated type-2 diabetic ...

Microalbuminuria and risk

, especially when blood glucose is carefully controlled, according to one report (Diabetes 2005; 54: 2,983 7 ... 2006; 17 (4 Suppl 2): S90 7). One study showed that rosiglitazone reduces microalbuminuria and blood ...

Heart disease prevention

a study published several years ago showing that patients who had high to normal blood glucose ...

Patient with a chronic illness

-old diabetic man in sheltered accommodation. The carer is concerned that the man has not been doing his blood glucose tests and that his blood glucose is now 18mmol/l. When you speak to the man he says he feels ...

MRCGP exam update: Use of glitazones

Current situation Many patients with type-2 diabetes will need more than one drug to control their blood glucose levels. Glitazones work by reducing the body s resistance to the action of insulin and enable a more efficient use of insulin. What is the evidence? The PROactive study found ...

MRCGP Exam Update - Microalbuminuria

with type-2 diabetes commonly experience regression or remission of microalbuminuria, especially when blood glucose is carefully controlled, according to one report (Diabetes 2005; 54: 2983). - The early use ...

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