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Diabetes Management in the Emergency Department

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Diabetes Management in Hospitalized Patients

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Diabetes mellitus (DM)-related emergencies are a common presentation to the emergency department (ED). It is essential for the ED provider to promptly recognize and initiate treatment for conditions including hypoglycemia and hyperglycemic crises such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS). The ED also provides an opportunity to capture patients with uncontrolled or undiagnosed DM and provide management through the use of the ED observation unit (EDOU), in collaboration with the endocrinology team. This chapter discusses the ED management of DM emergencies as well as the care of the patient with DM in the EDOU.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health, New York, NY, USA

    Dana Gottlieb & Robert Silverman

  2. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Northwell Health, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY, USA

    Rifka C. Schulman-Rosenbaum

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Gottlieb, D., Silverman, R., Schulman-Rosenbaum, R.C. (2023). Diabetes Management in the Emergency Department. In: Schulman-Rosenbaum, R.C. (eds) Diabetes Management in Hospitalized Patients. Contemporary Endocrinology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44648-1_11

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