Diabetes resources
Compiled 11/9/2007

11/11/07: Please scroll down to the 11/11 section of this page for answers to questions from the 11/11/07 MCEMS conference class!

12/13/07: I've added a couple of new resources at the bottom

Clinical Insights: Effective Care for People with Diabetes (This page says it's Pediatric Clinical Insights, but go to page 4 for the diabetes topics, and you'll see that it covers all ages)

Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes – 2007: (This article is from a journal called DiabetesCare; it will automatically take you to the article in a few seconds. Just be patient.)

Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Algorithm for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy (Another DiabetesCare Journal article, but this one takes you directly there.

ADA home page

ADA on alcohol

ADA on food guide pyramid

ADA on carb counting (See the Mayo Clinic link, below, for information on exchange lists)

BMI calculator

FDA on diabetes

FDA Q&A on diabetes

FDA explains diabetes (This is an older article, but still a good one.)

Joslin Diabetes Center

Mayo Clinic on diabetes

Mayo Clinic on exchange lists

Medline Plus on diabetes

National Diabetes Education Program

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse A to Z

USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid Gives you an opportunity to develop your own food pyramid.

11/11/07

Hi everybody,

Thanks for your attention in class this weekend. You asked some good questions, and before life takes over and I don't get the opportunity to answer them, I thought I would try to find answers to them right away tonight.

Somebody asked about proper storage of insulin. I found several sources that talked about keeping insulin up to 28 days unrefrigerated, but then I found this article, How Long Should Insulin Be Used Once a Vial Is Started?, which talks about how much variation there is from one manufacturer to another in terms of storage and expiration date recommendations.

Somebody had a personal interest in Type 1.5 diabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood. I found these articles by searching for the topic on the American Diabetes Association web site:

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults -- Definition, Prevalence, ß-Cell Function, and Treatment

What’s in a Name -- Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults, type 1.5, adult-onset, and type 1 diabetes

And last, somebody asked what kinds of routine testing diabetic children should have. These are the current ADA recommendations:

Annual exams and tests after having type 1 diabetes for 3 to 5 years

Dilated eye exam (ophthalmoscopy)

Foot exam for diabetic neuropathy

Annual exams and tests after having diabetes for 5 years

Microalbumin urine test

Blood creatinine test for kidney function

And in the process of doing the research on that topic, I stumbled upon Care of Children With Diabetes in the School and Day Care Setting, which I thought one person who I think was a school nurse, might find helpful.

Another important web site that I hadn't included on the printed page is the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, for issues specific to type 1 diabetes.

Thanks again for your attention, and happy Thanksgiving!

Jacky

12/13/2007

Diabetes Medications Supplement has tables comparing commonly prescribed diabetes medications

2007 Resource Guide from the ADA. Has a number of publications on topics like insulin, oral diabetes medicines, and choosing a blood glucose monitor, most notably Class Action, which is a guide to the five types of oral antidiabetic medications, and Insulin, a comparison of different insulins available.