Creating a Disorder-Specific Case Study

For this discussion, you will create a brief case study to share with your peers. It will be related to a specific condition, disease, or disorder that has characteristics of metabolic balance or glucose regulation.

The purpose of this discussion will be to deepen your understanding of your chosen condition, disease, or disorder. It will also provide your peers with a brief case study to consider as the course progresses toward the Unit 3 assignment. This will be useful, as the Unit 3 assignment will ask you to select a specific condition, disease, or disorder that has characteristics of metabolic balance or glucose regulation and create an in-depth concept map for it.

For the case study, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Describe the history of present illness.
Explain the patient’s past medical history.
Present relevant diagnostics.
Lab results.
Therapeutics.
Assessments.

topic picked: Prediabetes

https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/9/2622

American Diabetes Association. (2017). Diagnosing diabetes and learning about prediabetes. Retrieved from http://www.diabetes.org/are-you-at-risk/prediabetes/
Perreault, L., Pan, Q., Mather, K. J., Watson, K. E., Hamman, R. F., & Kahn, S. E. (2012). Effect of regression from prediabetes to normal glucose regulation on long-term reduction in diabetes risk: Results from the diabetes prevention program outcomes study. The Lancet, 379(9833), 22432251.
Perreault, L., Temprosa, M., Mather, K. J., Horton, E., Kitabchi, A., Larkin, M., . . . Goldberg, R. B. (2014). Regression from prediabetes to normal glucose regulation is associated with reduction in cardiovascular risk: Results from the diabetes prevention program outcomes study. Diabetes Care, 37(9), 26222631. Retrieved from http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/9/2622