Plain language summary [of] Systematic review of existing evidence and primary care guidelines on the management of non-insulin dependent diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations / Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
- Bib ID:
- 500288
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Canberra : Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Family Services for the Office for Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander Health Services, 1998
- viii, 54 p. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642367221
- Summary:
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Guide to factors related to the prevention of diabetes; diagnosis; risk factors assessed - weight, lack of exercise, birth weight, smoking, diet, alcohol; treatments - screening and testing, blood sugar control, fat levels, blood pressure; association with kidney, and eye disease; management of diabetic foot.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- How bad is the problem?
- How we define what is diabetes and how we diagnose it
- Diagnosis of NIDDM
- Diagnosis of impaired glucose tolerance
- Diagnosis of diabetes which develops in pregnancy
- How useful is prevention?
- Primary Prevention
- 1. Does being thin help?
- 2. How exercise helps
- 3. Who needs primary prevention the most?
- 4. Should we use diabetes tablets to treat impaired glucose tolerance?
- 5. Birth weight and risk of diabetes
- 6. Approaches to primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
- 1. Set up registers of NIDDM patients in your area
- 2. Check your community for NIDDM
- 2.1. Does checking for NIDDM do more good than harm?
- 2.2. Which screening strategy is the best?
- 2.3. Which test is best & cheapest to diagnose and screen for diabetes?
- 3. Improved blood sugar control in NIDDM
- 3.1. Weight loss if very overweight
- 3.2. Control of diet
- 3.3. Physical activity
- 3.4. Use of diabetes tablets
- 3.5. Use of insulin in NIDDM
- 3.6. Blood sugar testing by patient
- 3.7. Control of infections
- 3.8. Alcohol and diabetes
- 4. Education and reinforcement strategies for NIDDM patients - health promotion
- 4.1. Counseling in primary health care services
- 4.2. Government initiatives
- 5. What is needed to give the best care to patients with diabetes?
- 6. Health care for Aboriginal prisoners with diabetes
- Tertiary prevention
- 1. Use of aspirin to prevent heart disease
- 2. Stop smoking
- 3. Screening and treatment of high blood fat levels
- 4. Screening and treatment of high blood pressure
- 5. Diabetic kidney disease
- 6. Screening and treatment of diabetic eye disease
- 7. Prevention and management of the "diabetic foot"
- 7.1. Control of infection and loss of feeling
- 7.2. Early referral for specialist assessment and treatment
- 7.3. Regular review and active follow up
- 7.4. Relieve pressure on foot sores
- 7.5. Shoes and foot care
- 7.6. Diet problems
- Diabetes which develops in pregnancy (Gestational Diabetes)
- Diabetic clinic review.nition
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- Also Titled:
- Systematic review of existing evidence and primary care guidelines on the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
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