Friday, June 8, 2012

Concurrent Session - Allied Health and Nutrition

Co-Chairs: Ms. Tammy Eborall, Ms. Sue Ekserci

Pre and Postoperative Diabetes Management

Studies show that bariatric surgery can lead to an improvement of type 2 diabetes in obese patients. These changes can be remarkable and are often demonstrated soon after surgery, and may continue to change for many months after surgery. There are also changes is blood sugar control in the 2-3 week time period prior to surgery. It is this varying amount of change that makes it essential for diabetes management, and education, in the pre-operative and on-going post-operative management of the patient having bariatric surgery.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

  • recognize that glycemic control can change quickly in the patient under going bariatric surgery
  • understand the management of diabetes in the bariatric patient in the 2-3 week period prior to surgery
  • understand the management of diabetes in the bariatric patient in the immediate post-operative period in hospital
  • understand the management of diabetes in the bariatric patient in the long-term post-operative period

Speaker

Ms. Tammy Eborall
Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator

Tammy Eborall graduated from Brock University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She then completed her diploma of Nursing from Mohawk College in 1989. Tammy worked as a surgical nurse on a general surgery unit for 16 years.  She then completed her certification as a diabetes educator in 2006.

Tammy presently works at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. She is involved with diabetes management and education in the internal medicine in-patient population and the bariatric clinic, where she has been a team member since it first began as a pilot study in 2007.