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MKSAP quiz: Hypoglycemia from insulin error
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 22-year-old woman with a recent type 1 diabetes diagnosis who has called about anxiety, shakiness, and sweating. She reports accidentally taking 18 units of insulin aspart before bedtime, rather than the prescribed basal insulin, insulin glargine.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/13/4.htm
13 Sep 2024
MKSAP quiz: Timing of diabetic eye exams
This month's quiz asks readers to determine when a 56-year-old man with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes should undergo a dilated and comprehensive eye examination.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/09/4.htm
9 Aug 2024
MKSAP quiz: Poor glycemic control despite intensification
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 47-year-old woman who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus 14 months ago. Despite progressive intensification of diabetes therapy, her plasma glucose levels remain poorly controlled.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/12/4.htm
12 Jul 2024
MKSAP quiz: Burning pain in feet
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 55-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and burning pain in both feet.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/06/14/4.htm
14 Jun 2024
MKSAP Quiz: Diagnosing diabetes
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate an asymptomatic 37-year-old man whose hemoglobin A1c level is 6.3% and fasting plasma glucose level is 135 mg/dL.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/10/4.htm
10 May 2024
MKSAP Quiz: Hyperglycemia during hospitalization
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 67-year-old man with hyperglycemia 3 days after admission for a COPD exacerbation. The patient's oral intake remains good.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/12/4.htm
12 Apr 2024
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation in the ICU for urosepsis
A 70-year-old woman is evaluated in the ICU after admission for urosepsis. Appropriate antibiotics and intravenous fluids were initiated. She remains critically ill and continues to have poor oral intake. She has type 2 diabetes mellitus, which has been previously well controlled. Following lab tests, what is the most appropriate treatment?
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/08/4.htm
8 Mar 2024
MKSAP quiz: Hypoglycemia evaluation
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a patient without diabetes who has recurrent hypoglycemia episodes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/09/4.htm
9 Feb 2024
MKSAP quiz: Foot ulcer management
This month's quiz asks readers to choose a next step in management for a 57-year-old man with a nonhealing ulcer on the plantar aspect of the left foot despite six weeks of standard wound care and pressure off-loading.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/12/4.htm
12 Jan 2024
MKSAP quiz: Screening recommendations
This month's quiz asks readers to choose a screening test for a 46-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and depression.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/08/4.htm
8 Dec 2023