SMi Source Lesson Cardiovascular: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

  • SMi Source lesson Cardiovascular: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome has the following microlearning topics

  • 1. Introduction and Learning Objectives

    2. Disease State, Spectrum of Disorders

    3. Spectrum of Disorders

    4. Knowledge Check: Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome

    5. Knowledge Check: ADA Diagnostics for Diabetes

    6. History and Controversy: Syndrome X and WHO Definition

    7. History and Controversy: Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome

    8. Knowledge Check: Harmonized Criteria

    9. Incidence and Prevalence: International Diabetes Federation

    10. Incidence and Prevalence: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    11. Knowledge Check: Global Rates of Diabetes

    12. Risk Factors - Obesity

    13. Risk Factors - Genetic Predisposition

    14. Risk Factors - Other Factors

    15. Knowledge Check: Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in US Adults

    16. Knowledge Check: The Commonness of Metabolic Syndrome

    17. Knowledge Check: Metabolic Syndrome

    18. Pathophysiology

    19. Knowledge Check: Insulin Resistance

    20. Common Complications

    21. Retinopathy

    22. Nephropathy

    23. Neuropathy

    24. Knowledge Check: Albuminuria

    25. Cardiovascular

    26. Knowledge Check: Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications

    27. Knowledge Check: Primary Morbidity of Diabetic Neuropathy

    28. Metabolic Syndrome Components: Abdominal Adiposity

    29. Metabolic Syndrome Components: Dyslipidemia and Blood Pressure

    30. Hyperglycemia and Diabetes

    31. Knowledge Check: Metabolic Syndrome Evaluation

    32. Knowledge Check: American Heart Association Definition of Abdominal Adiposity

    33. Treatment Goals and Guidelines

    34. Knowledge Check: Primary Treatment Goals - Metabolic Syndrome

    35. Knowledge Check: ADA/EASD Recommendation for Insulin Initiation

  • Lesson Cardiovascular: Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome is built from these main references. Log into SMi Source for a complete list and details.

  • Cannon CP. Mixed Dyslipidemia, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, and Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical Implications. The American Journal of Cardiology. 2008; 102(12A).