Federal Bureau of Prisons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Recommendations for the medical management of federal inmates with diabetes are provided. Procedures covered include classification and diagnosis, screening, prevention/delay of Type 2 diabetes, baseline evaluation and initial treatment plan, Type 2 diabetes treatment, treatment of Type 1 diabetes, insulin and insulin administration, blood glucose monitoring, gestational diabetes (GDM), medical management of diabetic complications, periodic evaluations, and health care provider resources. This document also includes: definitions; components of the comprehensive diabetes evaluation; recommendations for diabetes chronic care clinic monitoring; the Diabetes Food Pyramid; treatment goals for nonpregnant inmates with diabetes; BOP treatment algorithm for Type 2 diabetes; initiation/adjustment of insulin regimens in Type 2 diabetes; oral agents for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes (dosing/side effects); alternative medications for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes; keys to controlling diabetes; Inmate Fact Sheet on Diabetes; and infection control for diabetes care providers.
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