GI and Diabetes Exam Study Guide Tube Feeding – (enteral nutrition) refers to the administration of a nutritional balanced liquefied food or formula through a tube inserted into the stomach, duodenum, jejunum. It is used to provide nutrients via the GI tract either alone or as a supplement to oral or parenteral nutrition. - Nasogastric (NG) Tube – is most commonly used for short-term feeding problems. Other means of feeding are; esophagostomy, gastrostomy or jejunostomy. Transpyloric tube placement
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Diabetes Dr. Langston Diabetes Mellitus also known as diabetes “dates back to 1500 B.C. nearly 3,500 years ago” (Beaser and Hill, 1995, p.9). Today type 2 diabetes affects millions of people. Currently there is no cure for diabetes. “However, recent advances in genetic engineering technology now offer great promise for overcoming the problems which have frustrated researchers in the past” (Alterman and Kullman, 2000, p. 263). People with diabetes could suffer serious complications such as diabetic
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How to control complication of type 2 Diabetes Palakkumar Patel Monroe College Abstract This paper is presenting about how to control complication of type 2 diabetes. In the USA 90% of diabetes patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. In every year lots of patients going to die due to type 2 diabetes complication. In previous studies review is presenting about due to type 2 diabetes so many complications are occurring in different part of the body and some study is presenting about due to
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Quezon City Science High School (Regional Science High School for NCR) Golden Acres Rd., Misamis st. Bago-Bantay, Quezon City SY 2013-2014 RESEARCH PROJECT Efficacy of Squash (Cucurbita maxima D) Seed Oil Extract in Lowering Blood Glucose Levels Bancolita, Joseph Albert A. De Leon, Krizia Nicolle E. Ilicito, Mari Norence G. Largoza, Marie Ysabel Beatriz M. Rahayel, Benjamin Nathanael D. Rivera, Rosa Maria L. Sidro, Keith L. ______________________ ______________________
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Diabetes Teaching Outline Kenneth Zhu, RN Shepherd University Diabetes Teaching Outline I. Introduction A. Do I have diabetes? 1. Sign and symptoms 2. Types of diabetes II. Sign and symptoms of diabetes mellitus A. Common symptoms of diabetes 1. Urinating often, feeling thirsty, feeling hungry, etc. 2. Sometimes, there are no symptoms. III. What causes diabetes? A. No exact cause, things that make you more likely to have diabetes 1. Family history of diabetes 2. Being overweight
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Chapter I The Problem and its Background Introduction Diabetes is a chronic disease that can cause heart disease and stroke. It can also lead to defects like blindness. Because of its horrifying effects on human health, the researchers planned to conduct a study using makopa, a native Philippine fruit, to be a component of a natural medicine for diabetes. Makopa (Syzygium samarangense) leaves have been found to have antihyperglycemic properties. The researchers thought of another way to
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Name: Student Number: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Faculty of Arts and Sciences APRIL 2011 EXAMINATIONS LMP301H1S DURATION: 2 HOURS Examination Aids: Non-programmable calculators are allowed Version A SECTION I – MULTIPLE CHOICE (88 marks) The 44 questions are of equal value (2 marks). Select the most correct answer for each question. 1. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding lipid biomarkers? i. ii. iii. iv. A. B. C. D. E. Total Cholesterol to HDL-C ratio is more sensitive for
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little). It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. Part 1: Complete the Research Plan |What is your general topic or area of interest? |My general topic or area of interest is the medical disease diabetes. | | | | |What is it about your general topic that interests you? |The way it affects your health
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Diabetes Effect on Individual Diabetes can change many different areas in the life of individuals who are living with this disease process. The most obvious change is the impact on a person’s health and well-being. The long term complications of diabetes are hypertension, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease which can lead to dialysis, peripheral nerve damage or neuropathy, retinal nerve damage or retinopathy, chronic skin wounds. All of these are very serious complications but the chronic
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and the goal is to return the individual to the best possible level of functioning (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). According to American Diabetes Association website, the 2011 diabetes statistics in America is 25.8 million of the population has diabetes. This paper focuses on the health promotion in primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of patients diagnosed with diabetes. Health promotion can affect many factors of a patient’s life from progression of a disease to loss of school or work days therefore
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