Management of impaired glucose control in palliative care

Aleksandra Modlińska; Bogumił Wolnik

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Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine

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Management of impaired glucose control in palliative care

Aleksandra Modlińska

,

Bogumił Wolnik

Medycyna Paliatywna 2013; 5(1): 1–7

Online publish date: 2013/04/16

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Diabetes mellitus is a common disorder among terminally ill patients. As in palliative care in general, so among diabetics at the end-stage diseases, the priority is to improve or maintain quality of life of our patients. They usually have short prognosis so appropriate clinical decision should be taken according to the changing conditions. Situation is quite different if the patient is expected to live for weeks/months or is in his last hours/days. Hospice team has to focus on patient comfort not only by preventing hypo- or hyperglycaemia, but also by avoiding some unnecessary procedures and side-effects. The basic standards in diabetes mellitus treatment according Polish Diabetes Association have been presented. Based on these principles the authors propose how to manage diabetes if the patient faces the impending death.

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Management of impaired glucose control in palliative care

Aleksandra Modlińska , Bogumił Wolnik

diabetes mellitus, palliative care, end-stage disease

Aleksandra Modlińska

,

Bogumił Wolnik