- Title
- Acute endocrine conditions
- Creator
- Latimer, Sharon; Barton, Matthew; Ford, Leeane; Gilbert, Julia; Sein, Nang
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/191521
- Identifier
- vital:17840
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781108329477 (ISBN); 9781108413039 (ISBN)
- Abstract
- Acute endocrine conditions such as diabetes and thyroid disease are potentially life threatening, with high mortality rates if they are not detected and treated rapidly. During 2014– 15, the prevalence of diabetes among the Australian population was 5.1 per cent, with a mortality rate of 16.3 deaths per 100 000 people (ABS, 2016). Yet for the same period, the mortality rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians was almost five times higher (76.9 deaths per 100 000 people) (ABS, 2016). The treatment and management of acute endocrine conditions is complex, and requires an individualised approach (Diabetes Australia, 2015a). A multidisciplinary healthcare team is needed to manage these patients, and nurses play a vital role. This chapter discusses the incidence, presentation, clinical manifestations and treatment of the following acute endocrine conditions: diabetic ketoacidosis, hypoglycaemia, adrenal crisis, hypothyroidism and thyrotoxicosis. In addition, the concepts of patient-centred care and the nurse’s role in collaborative care for patients with acute endocrine conditions are discussed. © Cambridge University Press 2018.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Relation
- Acute Care Nursing Chapter 10 p. 190-211
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018
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