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Journal article
Healthcare professional support: diabetic ketoacidosis avoidance and care
Emergency Care Journal, Vol.21(3), pp.1-4
2025
Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute, life-threatening diabetes-related emergency. Our study aimed to explore the support that key healthcare professionals desired around diabetic ketoacidosis avoidance and care within a low socio economic region of Australia. Participants were recruited from a community hospital using the following methods: direct contact of key hospital staff and use of snowballing, posters placed in clinical and non-clinical areas. Audio-taped interview data were analysed using Gibbs’s thematic framework, which entails transcription and familiarisation, code building, theme development, and data consolidation and interpretation. Interviews were conducted with 15 healthcare professionals from across allied health and medical professions. Describing factors relating to diabetic ketoacidosis presentations in people with type 1 diabetes, two themes emerged: a disparity in knowledge and health system opportunities. Findings complement the wealth of literature which details the problem of gaps in support for patient self-care to avoid diabetic ketoacidosis and prevent late presentation of this potentially fatal condition. There is a pressing need to ensure that healthcare professionals have the appropriate level of knowledge to prevent, recognise and treat diabetic ketoacidosis. Service reconfiguration can support care delivery.
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- Title
- Healthcare professional support: diabetic ketoacidosis avoidance and care
- Authors
- Steven James (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - NursingStacey Watts - Caboolture Hospital (Australia)April Hatt - Caboolture Hospital (Australia)Thuy Frakking - Caboolture Hospital (Australia)Marc Broadbent - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - NursingKaren Furlong - Caboolture Hospital (Australia)Lin Perry - University of Technology SydneyJulia Lowe - University of TorontoSean Clark - Caboolture Hospital (Australia)
- Publication details
- Emergency Care Journal, Vol.21(3), pp.1-4
- Publisher
- Pagepress
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.4081/ecj.2025.13924
- ISSN
- 2282-2054; 1826-9826
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2025 the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
- Data Availability
- Data are not publicly available due to ethical and consent reasons.
- Grant note
- Funding was received from a Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Services Research Grant supported by The Common Good.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991144530202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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