Diabetes Flashcards
Diabetic foot exam: inspection
Gait Shoes Amputation Deformity Ulcers Scars Toes Webbing
Diabetic foot exam: vascular
CRT
Temperature
Pulses - all
Diabetic foot exam: neuro
Sensation:
Monofilament (fine touch)
Vibration 128hz
Proprioception
Motor:
Power
Wasting
Deformity
Ankle reflex
Autonomic - dry/sweaty
Diabetic foot exam: completion
Full neurovascular exam ABPI Doppler Blood glucose HbA1c
Management of DM1
3-6 monthly HbA1c (<6.5%) QDS BM - before meals and bed (4-7mmol/l) Insulin Education - hypos, insulin devices DAFNE Avoid binge drinking
Complications of DM2
2x stroke 4x MI HTN Erectile dysfunction Retinopathy Neuropathy Nephropathy Diabetic foot PVD Glaucoma, cataracts Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state
Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state
High glucose WITHOUT ACIDOSIS (differs from DKA)
High Na, high Glu, normal pH
Manage with slow rehydration
The stages of diabetic retinopathy
- Background - hard educates, microaneurysms
- Pre-proliferation - cotton wool spots, haemorrhages
- Proliferation - new vessel formation
- Maculopathy
Causes of diabetes
Insulin resistance Disease of the pancreas Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) Gestational Acromegaly Cushing's Steroids
Management of DM2
- Lifestyle - 16 weeks
- Metformin - 6m
- Add sulphonyluria/gliptin/piaglitazone/SGL2i
- Add another of above
- Insulin
Mechanism of metformin
Increase insulin sensitivity
Decrease GNG
ADRs of metformin
Lactic acidosis
GI sx
CI of metformin
Heart, renal, hepatic failure
Name some sulphonyurias
‘Zide’
Gliclazide, glipazide
Action of sulphonyurias
Increase insulin secretion