Description
Welcome to Diabetes
In this course we will cover all common diabetes cases that you will face daily in the outpatient setting. Dr. Yuditskaya is a board-certified endocrinologist who will discuss these topics using real life case scenarios. In this course you will learn how the patients present, how you are able to diagnose them, and how to treat according to the latest guidelines. By the end of this course, you should be very familiar with all diabetic cases that you face in your practice on a daily basis.
Videos: 5
Course duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes
CME: 2.25
Topics Covered:
Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes.
Hemoglobin A1c (HgbA1c)
Artifactual influences on HgbA1c
75g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
How to distinguish between Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
How to use C-peptide in the diagnostic workup of Diabetes Mellitus.
Pancreatic beta cell autoantibodies
Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Types of Insulin
Subcutaneous Basal-Bolus insulin regimens
NPH-based insulin regimens
Insulin Pump-based insulin regimens
Non-insulin glucose-lowering diabetes medications
Short-term and long-term goals of diabetes treatment
Macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus
–Coronary heart disease
Microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus
–Nephropathy
–Retinopathy
–Peripheral neuropathy – proximal & distal
–Autonomic neuropathy – cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary
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