Diabetes Flashcards
fasting glucose diabetic diagnosis
126 or greater
2 hour 75 gram glucose tolerance test diabetic diagnosis
200 or greater
hba1c % for diagnosis of diabetes
6.5% or greater
prediabetes diagnosis a1c
5.7-6.4%
random plasma glucose of ____ or greater can also diagnose diabetes
200 or greater
diagnosis for gestational diabetes
two step strategy screening done 1) 50 gram oral glucose (non fasting) in 24th to 28th week of pregnancy, glucose measure after 1 hour -if value 140 or greater proceeds to 2nd step 2) full glucose tolerance test fasting! 100g sugar load test must meet 2 criteria -fasting >95 -1hour >180 -2 hour >155 -3 hour >140
one step GDM diagnosis
75 gram OGTT at 24 - 48 weeks after an overnight FAST of at least 8 hours
diagnosis made if any of the following criteria are made
- fasting 92 or greater
- 1h 180 or greater
- 2h 153 or greater
pre prandial goal
80-130
post prandial goal
<180
goal alc
less than 7
microalbumin in the urine
<30mg/24hr is what you want
eAG =estimated average glucose
6%=126
add 28.5 to get any other percent
ace or arb in diabetics if
microalbuminuria >30 mg/day or eGFR <60 ml/min
aspirin in diabetes in
history of stroke or MI
- 10 year risk score greater than 10 percent
- 50 or older with smoker, dyslipidemia, htn, FMH, albumineria)
statins in diabetes if >40
if >40 yes
- no risk factors: moderate
- risk factors: high
statins in diabetes less than 40
only if ascvd/ risk factors
risk factors for statins in diabetes
LDL 200 or greater HTN, Smoker, albumineria, FMH of ascvd
high int. statins
rosuvastatin (crestor) 20-40
atorvastatin (lipitor) 40-80
diabetic eye exam
annually
urine exam
annually
foot exam
check each visit
check for pulse and infection
diabetic foot infections
mild superficial infections (strep+mssa): cephalexin, dicloxacillin
if mrsa is a concern: doxy or bactrim
deeper infections add gram negative coverage and anaerobic coverage
trim toenails straight
across and check feet everyday
vaccines in DM
flu 6 months or older
pneumococcal 2 or older then again at 65
hep b age 19-59
hep b age
19-59
rapid acting insulins
lispro (humalog)
aspart (novolg)
glulisine (apidra)
rapid acting discard after
humalog
novolog
apidra
28 days
fiasp
insulin aspart works faster than other rapids (5 min quicker) 100u/ml
where to inject insulin
2 inch away from belly buttom
back of the arm
thigh
keep it in place, dont pull it out right away
rapids are used to
cover a meal should be clear onset 5-15 min peak 1-2 hours duration 3-5 hours
how many units of insulin are in a 3 ml pen
300 units
how many units of insulin are in a 10 ml vial
1000 units
who do you not use afreeza in
asthma/copd
afreeza is
rapid
effect of insulin on potassium
hypokalemia, brings potassium into the cell and out of the blood
used as a treatment for hyperkalemia
afreeza room temp for
unopened 10 days
opened strips 3 days
bring cartridge to room temp before using (10 min)
discard inhaler after 15 days
humulin R u-500
RX only!
5x as potent
vial 40 days
pen 28 days
humulin R and Novolin R are
regular insulins they are OTC onset is 30 min duration is 6- 8 hours THey are CLEAR because of the R (R is for regular) 100u/ml
humulin R room temp discard after
31 days
novolin R room temp discard after
42 days
intermediate acting insulins are OTC
NPH
Humulin N
Novolin N
NPH=clear or cloudy
cloudy
humulin N discard after
31 days
novolin N R discard after
42 days (6 weeks)
intermediated acting onset and duration
onset 2 hours
peak 6 to 8 hours, consider a snack after 6 hours after the dose
duration 10-16 hours
in combo insulins the bigger number is the ___ acting
longer acting
glargine cannot be
mixed with any other insulin product
long acting insulins are RX
detemir (levemir)
glargine (lantus, toujeo, basaglar, semglee)
degludec (tresiba)
tresiba room temp for
56 days
detemir (levemir) room temp for
42 days
levemir/ detemir can be QD or __
BID
toujeo is U-
300
when switching from toujeo to basaglar
reduce dose by 20 percent
tresiba is only
once daily
detemir flex touch pen
prime 2 units insert, press, hold in for 6 sec
all insulin glargine are given
qd
lantus room temp
28 days
nph to detemir (levemir)
1:1
nph once daily to lantus or toujeo
1:1
nph twice daily to glargine u-100
decrease dose by 20 percent and give glargine once daily
long acting to nph
1:1 and give BID
toujeo u-300 to lantus, basaglar, or levemir(detemir)
decrease dose by 20 percent and give QD
insulin is given
SC
regular insulin can be given
IV IM or SQ
rotate injection site with insulin to avoid
lipohypertrophy (lump of fat under skin)
use shortest __mm and thinnest __-__gauge for insulin
4mm, 29-32
type 1 starting insulin
0.5 u /kg/day
type 2 starting insulin
0.1-2u/kg/day (start with basal)
check glucose if high can add 1 unit per __ mg/dl above glucose goal
50mg;dl
pramlintide(symlin)
both type 1 and type 2 used as an adjunct to patients who use meal time insulin
pramlintide (symlin) should only be used if the patient is already on
insulin
pramlintide is a ____ line measure due to risk of hypoglycemia and cost
3rd
do not give symlin to patients with
alc >9
hypersensitivity to metacresol preservative
gastroparesis or gi motility meds like reglan
pramlinitide makes you feel ___
full thus causes severe nausea can also cause anorexia and weight loss
MOA of symlin
a synthetic analog of human amylinm, a naturally occuring hormone made by pancreatic beta cells. amylin is secreted with insulin from beta cells and lowers post prandial blood sugars
other things that symlin (pramlinitide) does
1) delays gastric empyting
2) INHIBITS post prandial blood glucose release
3) reduces appetite/weight loss
pramlinitide dosing
t1dm: 15mcg sq tid immediately before meals
t2dm: 60 mcg sq tid immediately before meals
SE of pramlinitide
nausea, anorexia, weight loss, SEVERE hypoglycemia
symlin room temp
discard after 30 days
storage room temp 28 days
humalog novolog apidra lantus bydureon
storage room temp 30 days
symlin
byetta
victoza
storage room temp 31 days
humulin R/N combos
storage room temp 42 days
Novolin R/N combos
Detemir (Levemir)
Room temp 56 days
glargine (toujeo)
10 days room temp pens
humalog mix
humulin mix
14 day pen storage
novolog mix
humulin N prefilled pen
28 day pen storage
novolin N flex pen
Humalog
Novolog
Lantus
42 day pen storage
Detemir (levemir)
hypoglycemia
blood sugar 70 or less
examples of fast sugar for hypoglycemia
5-6 life savers 2 cubes sugar 4 oz orange juice 6 jelly beans 3-4 glucose tablets
hypoglycemia and patient is unconcious
glucagon 1 mg sc/im/iv
or glucose (iv dextrose) if glucagon is unavailable
sick day management
insulin requirements increase with illness and infection
patient must inject insulin and check glucose every 3-4 hours
DKA
usually insulin dependent
caused by illness or noncompliance
ask if insulin has been ski[[ed look for signs of infection
signs and symptoms of DKA
FRUITY BREATH!
N/V, abdominal pain
how to treat DKA
hydrate: w/ 0/9% nacl
give insulin
give dextrose when glucose drops below 200 or 250
DKA tx
DIABETES
D dehydrated- hydrate w NS
I insulin (regular insulin, IV 0.1 u/kg/hr)
A acidosis
B bicarbonate
E electrolytes (monitor k, mg, po4, hco3)
T Time
E Electrolytes
S Sugar (when glucose drops below 200 or 250)
if hypoglycemic at 3am how to fix
symogi effect
decrease bedtime NPH
if hyperglycemic at 3am how to fix
dawn phen.
not decreasing insulin
hypoglycemia causes an increase in
NE and EPI
side effects make sense
sweating tachycardia
biguanide
metoformin
sulfonylureas
glimepiride
glipizide
glyburide
meglinitides
“glinides”
repaglinide (prandin)
nateglinide (starlix)
thiazolidinedones
“glitizones”
rosiglitizone
pioglitizone
GLP1 agonists
"tides" liraglutide lixisenatide exenatide semaglutide
dpp4 inhibitors
"gliptins" sitagliptin alogliptin linagliptin saxagliptin
SGLT2 inhibitors
“gliflozoins”
- canagliflozin
- dapaglifolzin
- empagliflozin
- ertugliflozin
alpha glucosidase inhibitors
acarbose
miglitol
dopamine agonist
bromocriptine (cycloset)
Metformin (biguanide) names
glucophage glucophage XR fortamet glumetza riomet
metformin MOA
decrease hepatic glucose production
decreases intestinal absorption of glucose
improves insulin sensitivity
metformin does not cause
- hypoglycemia
- weight gain
it causes weight loss and favorable lipid effects
glucophage max dose
2550 mg.day
fortamet max
2500 mg.day
glucophage XR max dose
2000 mg/day
glumetza max dose
2000 mg/ day
metformin SE
nausea low appetite---weight loss diarrhea--take w food to decrease upset stomach decrease vit b12 lactic acidosis metallic taste PREG CAT B
metformin CI in eGFR
30, initiation not rec. w eGFR 30-45
D/C metformin before an iodinated contrast imaging procedure in patients with egfr <60 or history of
liver disease
alcoholism
HF