Across
- 2. For patients with Diabetes and end stage renal disease a treatment option is pancreatic ________ with a 95% survival rate and no longer needing insulin injections.
- 4. These cells of the pancreas produce glucagon and help prevent hypoglycemia
- 5. Type ____ diabetes is a progressive disease where the body slowly decreases the amount of insulin it produces as well as building insulin resistance
- 10. This type of insulin is used for insulin pumps
- 11. A big teaching point for diabetics is that they should not _______ if there are ketones in their urine
- 13. The risk for this cardiac disease is 3-4X higher than the patients who do not have diabetes
- 14. Type ____ diabetes is an autoimmune disease that is genetic based. (spell out)
- 15. this abbreviation for this disease is noted by extremely high blood sugar without ketones being present. This can cause severe fluid and electrolyte imbalances
- 17. This blood tests the level of blood sugar over a 2-3 month period
- 18. This phenomenon causes elevated blood sugar in the early AM and is countered with increasing insulin the night before.
- 19. The 4 main causes of hypoglycemia include too much insulin, too little food, consuming _______ and exercising with insulin spikes
- 20. One of the Three P's found in diabetes this means 'much thirst'
Down
- 1. Insulin can treat high blood sugar but it can also cause this electrolyte imbalance: _________
- 3. This phenomenon causes elevated blood sugar in the AM due to an undiagnosed hypoglycemia and the bodies over-reaction and is treated with snacks and carbs during the night.
- 6. this abbreviation for this disease is most commonly caused by infection and can lead to coma, electrolyte imbalances and even death. Ketones are present.
- 7. These cells of the pancreas produce insulin
- 8. This oral antidiabetic drug can cause lactic acidosis in patients with kidney impairment
- 9. Studies have shown a markedly increase in US veterans who were exposed to agent ______ and diabetes
- 10. This disease: Diabetic ___________ is almost always present in a pt after 20yrs of diabetes leading to retinal hypoxia and blindness
- 12. This type of respiratory pattern is found in diabetics and is often a compensatory measure for metabolic acidosis
- 16. This free fatty acid is found in patients with diabetes as the body breaks down fat for energy building up in the bloodstream