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Hospitalization guidelines for Diabetes mellitus patients (Click on post to play video)

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  These guidelines are to be used for determining when a patient requires hospitalization for reasons related to diabetes. Inpatient care may be appropriate in the following situations: Life-threatening acute metabolic complications of diabetes. Newly diagnosed diabetes in children and adolescents. Substantial and chronic poor metabolic control that necessitates close monitoring of the patient to determine the etiology of the control problem, with subsequent modification of therapy. Severe chronic complications of diabetes that require intensive treatment or other severe conditions unrelated to diabetes that significantly affect its control or are complicated by diabetes. Uncontrolled or newly discovered insulin-requiring diabetes during pregnancy. Institution of insulin-pump therapy or other intensive insulin regimens. Modification of fixed insulin-treatment regimens or sulfonylurea treatment is not, by itself, an indication for hospital admission. Guidelines for hospital admissio...

About me....

  Hello, world... Myself Dr. Prasad. I have finished my MBBS from Government medical college and my post-graduation in Paediatrics from Maharashtra, India. I took my training in diabetes and obesity care from the Royal college of physicians London accredited center. Frankly speaking, starting online diabetes/ obesity management consultation was never in my mind. A few months back I heard the news of a person, from my village, died of diabetes and obesity-related complications. After visiting his home I realized he was suffering from a very mild form of diabetes mellitus. He developed diabetic and obesity-related complications because of no proper counseling from his local health provider. I was already disturbed because of his untimely death when I noticed some online diabetes/obesity reversal clinic advertisements on the internet. That clinic was charging almost Rs 20000 per patient on the pretext of multiple appointments.  I was shocked to see this legalized form of loot. In...