Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common endocrinopathy in dogs and cats worldwide, with a significant proportion of patients developing diabetic complications and/or being difficult to stabilise. DM cases are also the most common endocrine emergencies presenting to primary care practitioners. In the majority of dogs, DM is a lifelong diagnosis so every effort should be made to understand all aspects of that individual’s diabetes and try and create a robust, sustainable management programme that is suitable both for the patient and owner. In cats, however, DM is increasingly recognised as a treatable disease with up to 85% of cases achieving remission.

• Join Kit Sturgess MA VetMB PhD CertVR DSAM CertVC MRCVS for three 2-hour online sessions and unravel the mysteries of your problem diabetic cases!
• Comprehensive notes to downloaded
• Self-assessment quizzes to ‘release’ your 8 hours CPD certification (don’t worry, you can take them more than once if you don’t quite hit the mark first time)
• A whole year’s access to recorded sessions for reviewing key points
• Superb value for money – learn without travelling
• Watch the recordings on your iPad!
• This Mini Series was originally broadcast live in September 2016.

Programme

A Rational Approach to the Unstable Diabetic

What you’ll learn:

• What constitutes an unstable diabetic?
• How to investigate the unstable or poorly responsive diabetic
• How to interpret glucose curves in unstable or poorly responsive diabetes – the advantages and disadvantages of spot testing, home monitoring, mini-curves, 24 hour curves and continuous monitoring
• Changing insulin therapy in unstable or poorly responsive diabetics – when to change the dose and when to change the insulin
• How to manage unstable diabetic on a tight budget
• Achieving diabetic remission in cats

Recognising and Managing Underlying and Concurrent Disease

What you’ll learn:

• Diabetic cataracts, anterior uveitis and retinopathy
• Acromegaly in cats
• Pancreatitis
• Hyperadrenocorticism
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Urinary tract infections

Diabetic Emergencies

What you’ll learn:

• Spotting diabetic crises
• Diagnosis of ketoacidosis
• How to manage the ketoacidotic dog
• How to manage the ketoacidotic cat
• Approach to hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS) in dogs
• Approach to HHS in cats
• Hypoglycaemia – improving client awareness and in-clinic response