title: Ensuring good management of diabetes in intercurrent illness.
abstract: When diabetic patients become unwell with another illness, hyperglycaemia will result and patients' usual self-management techniques may be inadequate. Education for patients with diabetes should be as much about planning how they would manage their diabetes during a period of illness as well as coping at the time. This article outlines the aims stated within the National Service Framework for Diabetes (Department of Health, 2001) and provides both theoretical background and practical application to preventing diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Torbay Hospital, Torquay.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosindale
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D003927:Diet, Diabetic / Q000379:methods; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008612:Menu Planning; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents