A coroner has avoided criticising a doctor over a patient’s accidental extra insulin dose, saying “cumbersome” hospital software shouldered more of the blame. Veronica Roberts,…
Nikki, a slightly built 30-year-old woman with a 10-year history of type 1 diabetes, is brought to ED by ambulance with an altered level of…
Pat is a 56-year-old accountant and avid horse rider who has type 1 diabetes. She self-presents to a local diabetes education clinic after years of…
Kaye is a 60-year-old woman with a highly demanding job as a CEO. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 54 and started…
Josh is a 26-year-old accountant diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six months ago after presenting to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. Josh has no other known…
Missing two basal or four bolus insulin doses in a fortnight is linked with a clinically significant >5% decrease in time with glucose levels in…
Geoff, a 79-year-old retiree, is a long-term aged care resident. The nursing staff report that he has had a red rash in both axillae for…
Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure (37% non-Indigenous Australians; 69% Indigenous Australians) and around 50% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM)…
Patients with types 1 diabetes will continue to have subsidised access to fast-acting insulin, with the approval of a new product to replace Fiasp and…
The Federal Government says fast-acting insulin products Fiasp and Fiasp FlexTouch will be subsidised for patients with type 1 diabetes for an extra six months…
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