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Diabetic Complications (short term) Prevention Measure |
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Diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body produces little or no insulin, which causes blood glucose (blood sugar) to be too high. Over time, having too much glucose in the blood can damage eyes, kidneys and nerves. Improper management of diabetes can cause heart disease, stroke and even the need to amputate a limb.
Short term complications of diabetes can include: - Diabetic Ketoacidosis - an emergency condition in which extremely high blood glucose levels, along with a severe lack of insulin, result in the breakdown of body fat for energy and an accumulation of ketones in the blood and urine.
These short term complications are life-threatening emergencies that arise when a patient experiences an excess of glucose (hyperglycemia) or insulin (hypoglycemia). Quality outpatient management of patients with diabetes has been shown to lead to reductions in almost all types of complications and serious avoidable hospitalizations. Short term diabetes complication rate is not a measure of hospital quality, but rather one way to measure outpatient care of diabetes. Proper outpatient treatment and adherence to a treatment plan may reduce the likelihood of diabetic short term complications.
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Quality Measures 
