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Title: obesity intro
Description: the notes contain information at first year undergraduate level about the science behind obesity. Processes are being described at a molecular level, including new approaches to treatment and patient complications.
Description: the notes contain information at first year undergraduate level about the science behind obesity. Processes are being described at a molecular level, including new approaches to treatment and patient complications.
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OBESITY 1
Our patient: 55 year old female of Indian origin
- Came to the GP for a foot ulcer
POINT-OF-CARE TESTS (POCT)
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Also called bedside testing
Conducted by non-laboratory staff
Convenient and quick
EXAMPLES: BP, ultrasound using portable devices, dipstick urinalysis, blood glucose
Our patient’s BP is 150/95 -> HIGH
glycosuria: indicative
of diabetes, although
insufficient to confirm
diagnosis due to low
sensitivity and
specificity of the test
urine sample:
DIAGNOSING DIABETES:
- The patient is not anaemic and we
should not conduct a blood film
Our patient has HbA1 level is 7
Title: obesity intro
Description: the notes contain information at first year undergraduate level about the science behind obesity. Processes are being described at a molecular level, including new approaches to treatment and patient complications.
Description: the notes contain information at first year undergraduate level about the science behind obesity. Processes are being described at a molecular level, including new approaches to treatment and patient complications.