diabetes/metabolic

What is this test checking?

• blood gas

• blood glucose

• hemoglobin

• RBCs

Which patients most commonly get glucose checks?

• hypotensive

• COPD

• heart failure

• diabetics

When should you get a glucose for it to be the most accurate?

• before meals

• after meals

Select all that apply:

What are the two types of Diabetes?

• diabetes cellulitis

• diabetes meningitis

• diabetes mellitus

• diabetes insipidus

Select all that apply:

What is the difference between diabetes type 1 and type 2?

• type 2 is when you develop insulin resistance

• type 2 is when you are born with the inability to produce insulin

• type 1 is when you develop insulin resistance

• type 1 is when you are born with the inability to produce insulin

Which is type 1 diabetes?

• diabetes mellitus

• diabetes insipidus

A glucometer is . . .

• wearable, monitors patient vital signs

• internal device, monitors blood glucose levels

• portable, battery-powered device, delivers insulin

• external device, measures blood glucose levels from a fingerstick drop of blood

This term means an unconscious condition caused by an increased level of glucose (sugar) and ketones in the bloodstream of a person with diabetes mellitus:

• diaphoresis

• diabetic coma

• frostbite

• shock

A metabolic disorder with an increase in insulin resistance is:

• Type 1 diabetes

• insulin sensitivity

• insulin deficiency

• Type 2 diabetes

High blood sugar from insulin resistance can lead to heart disease by

• increasing the amount of cholesterol in the blood

• plaque (fat) building up in the blood vessels.

• narrowing blood vessels

• increasing blood pressure

• all of these