Course description
The aim of this module is to provide an overview of the role of blood glucose monitoring and management in the care of patients who have had a stroke. It provides information about how blood glucose monitoring and management in acute stroke care can be enhanced to ensure that incidents of hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia are minimised or avoided.
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Learning aims and intended outcomes
- Discuss the association between acute stroke and hyperglycaemia
- Discuss the association between acute stroke and hypoglycaemia
- Outline recommendations for blood glucose monitoring and management following stroke
- Assess patterns in blood glucose results, and nutrition and hydration status to inform the duration and frequency of blood glucose monitoring
- Respond appropriately, using current guidance, to incidents of hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Acute stroke and hyperglycaemia
- Acute stroke and hypoglycaemia
- Clinical guidelines
- Assessment
- Duration and frequency of monitoring
- Conclusions
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Syllabus
- Introduction
- Acute stroke and hyperglycaemia
- Acute stroke and hypoglycaemia
- Clinical guidelines
- Assessment
- Duration and frequency of monitoring
- Conclusions
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