October 29, 2019 : DCMS #473

DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies

A Review of Insulin Errors

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Association Between Depression and Decreased Physical Activity For T2DM Patients

A Review Of Variations In Prevalence Of Diagnosed And Undiagnosed Diabetes

Which Oral Meds Are Best At Reducing HbA1c?

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I have been working with a group of residents at a local hospital going over insulin dosing: 9 residents answering 10 dosing questions each. The wrong dose was given 65% of the time and 1/2 of those would have caused harm to the patient. Now Novo has put together an explanation of why and how these errors occur. Check out this week’s Disaster Averted to get the whole story.

Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

As the incidence of diabetes increases, insulin use can reasonably be expected to increase, and the mistakes will no doubt increase as well. Insulin is a very powerful medication, and some of these mistakes will require the ambulance, the hospital, or worse.

Can depression affect the individual’s ability to perform any physical activity?

Could a timely diagnosis of diabetes improve management and health outcomes?

Data from this study shows the effects of oral diabetes medications on HbA1C levels from two separate cohort groups.