Volume 1 number 1 Summer 2003
Special issue for the abstracts of the 7th Pan Arab Conference on Diabetes
PACD7 , 25 – 28 March 2003 Cairo

Abstract Number : 56
Hospitalization Can Exacerbates Devastating Complications of Type 11 Diabetes

Hoda Diab/ Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

Hospital routines, tests and procedures not only affect blood sugar control but can worsen the patient's condition by exacerbating micro vascular complications specially retinopathy and nephropathy. Nursing intervention can minimize such complications and contribute to positive outcomes.

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