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    Tag: insulin

    Coroner blames ‘cumbersome’ software for doctor’s insulin prescribing error before patient death

    June 4, 2025

    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,…

    A rapid deterioration follows DKA discharge

    May 24, 2025

    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…

    Smartphone-supported CGM a diabetes game changer

    December 14, 2024

    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…

    Helping to close the loop on glycaemic control

    November 9, 2024

    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…

    A lesson in mealtime carb counting for type 1 diabetes

    July 20, 2024

    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…

    Nearly 100% of patients using insulin miss a bolus dose each fortnight: study

    April 17, 2024

    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…

    Axillary rash reveals a patient’s diabetes danger

    March 23, 2024

    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…

    A GP guide to chronic kidney disease in diabetes

    October 7, 2023

    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)…

    New fast-acting insulin added to PBS to replace delisted drugs

    September 19, 2023

    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…

    Minister for Health Mark Butler

    PBS delisting triggers govt intervention on diabetes drug

    March 20, 2023

    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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