East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have developed a referral form and criteria for the use of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) for adult patients.
Published in Practical Diabetes Vol.31 No.2
A Practical Diabetes International publication which provides some practical guidance on the approach to the patient on CSII therapy.
As part of the ABCD Renal Association clinical specialty work programme we have now finalised our guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in kidney disease . A summary of the full guidelines with audit standards and issues for future research will be appearing this month in the British Journal of Diabetes
• A recent systematic review of clinical trials for type 2 diabetes found that no single outcome was measured in all trials. HERE
• A new EU HORIZON 2020 funded study wants to find out what the most important results of treatment for Type 2 diabetes are, to establish a set of minimum core outcomes that should always be measured in Type 2 diabetes research.
The care of 16-18 year olds presenting with DKA is fraught with difficulty. Whilst they may have their outpatient care in the children and young persons department, if they are admitted to hospital, their care maybe delivered by a number of different teams – adult or paediatrics, who may or may not have a specialist interest in diabetes.
This is to announce the results of this national competition for ‘the best digital initiative’. We are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson and her fellow judges, Dr Ketan Dhatariya, Dr Clare Crowley,Erwin Castro and Oliver Jelley for their time in judging this competition.
Dr Umesh Dashora, Erwin Castro and Debbie Stanisstreet led this project, and the winning Trusts,
and the (lead person/s) who submitted their entries are as follows:
The Winner::
Western General Hospital, NHS Lothian (Dr Stuart Ritchie))
