Relay in the Presidency of the Spanish Diabetes Society

Dr. Sonia Gaztambide happens to Dr. Manuel Aguilar at the head of thirst and among her objectives, she is committed to persuading the patient to improve the monitoring and control of the treatment, since the chronicity of the disease forces the person whosuffers and "reduce the duration of periods in which control does not offer optimal results"

Málgaa (26-4-11) .- The Endocrinology Specialist at the Vizcaya Cruces Hospital, Dr. Sonia Gaztambide, has happened to Dr. Manuel Aguilar in the presidency of the Spanish Diabetes Society (SED).The change has been formalized in the XXII Congress of this organization held in Malaga a few days ago.

Aguilar, a specialist at Puerta del Mar de Cádiz hospital, leaves the position after exercising it for three years.Gaztambide stands out from his predecessor that he has been able to incorporate the Nursing Educator in Diabetes into thirst, as well as the reinforcement of relations with primary care.For his part, the outgoing president stood out during the inauguration of the Congress that the entity had doubled its partners during their mandate.

The new person in charge of the thirst had been appointed as elected president a year ago, although she has not taken possession so far.This formula, scheduled in the statutes of the organization, facilitates the knowledge of society before taking the reins of a "very multidisciplinary" group with about 1,600 members specialized in endocrinology, psychologists, chemicals and family, among others.

Gaztambide does not consider "advisable" that mandates can be dazzled and points out that when some president has raised his re -election "he has not gone well."

Among the challenges of the new person responsible for thirst are how to guide the relationship with the patients diabetcos after the dissolution of the Spanish Diabetes Federation, which grouped doctors, nurses and patients.Bet to persuade the patient to improve the monitoring and control of the treatment, since the chronicity of the disease forces us to have the person who suffers it and "reduce the duration of periods in which control does not offer the optimal results".

Among the various work groups of the Diabetes Society are those focused on unifying medical language among different specialties when indicating a treatment or discharging, stem cell research, the team that studies diabetes during thepregnancy or glucose sensors, "which will approach what an artificial pancreas would be for part of insulin -dependent people."

Gaztambide puts good note to the Spanish health system in relation to diabetes compared to other European countries, "although something else should be bet on research."

What mania to unite the continuous sensor with the artificial pancreas: Twisted :: Twisted :: Twisted :: Twisted:

The Spanish health system (or some of the 17 systems that exist: shock :) What has to bet is for diabetological education, especially in primary care and for type 2 ... which is neither done nor is projectednowhere.

Perhaps, Dr. Gaztambide should ask if 100% of type 1 patients (I do not speak of type 2 ...) go through an adequate diabetological education as they dictate the protocols ... or if on the contrary, a greatnumber of endocrine/internists/family doctors "pass from the roll of education."
Proof of this is the disappearance of the Fed, for the disappearance of the Nursing Society ...

I have known Sonia for many years, she is one of the endocrine who has always collaborated with our association in Bizkaia in our activities, and is a person very committed to diabetes and the work of associations (the latter I value it very muchespecially).And grabbing that last point, it seems to me that he is a person who can create something very important;A good relationship with the Diabetics collective through Fede, a little lost since the Fed was broken because of nurses/educators, which are an associative disaster.

In addition, it is involved in the Euskadi Diabetes Advisory Council and has often defended positions that diabetics repeatedly ask for the administration.

In short, I think he will do a good job, taking up the impulse left by one of his former hospital companions and one of the most active people in the world of diabetes, Dr. Jose Antonio Vázquez, who was Pte.Fed.All without detracting from Manuel Aguilar's work, with which I agreed in the General Assembly of Fed before its dissolution.

As for what you say about the lack of education, it is evident that it is a problem of administration, and I imagine that from thirst this well could be one of the objectives of your action plan.Of course, if someone can pressure in that sense, they are.

And the bomb with a sensor ... although as "no firefighter" what interests me is the independent continuous sensor without the pump, what she says is the most logical association today, because my opinion is that my opinion is thatToday's bombs remain an absolutely lame device that does not solve much if the patient is not a real expert telling and analyzing the foods he eats.And the first thing that is desired (for all) is to get a much more effective bomb, and since the soft part (the algorithms that govern a pump and make it intelligent) is still unsolved (and what remains), because at leastthat have continuous sensor to make them more effective.And a second step would be to implement continuous sensors to patients without a pump as one more self -control tool that can replace the current methods of hair measurement.But as always, the administration - in addition to economic criteria and some dark that nobody knows - usually moves with studies and studies.And until there are enough studies that say that "the implementation of a continuous sensor improves hemoglobin in x%" I do not think they move a finger to incorporate them into the catalog of subsidized consumables.But I see that relatively close, and I know that in a few years I can do my self -control with subsidized continuous sensors.Or I hope :-)

Man, improve Dr.vazquez will do it .... If you simply look where the national diabetes strategy is :?

Thirst is clear where to go ... open to the better health professionals: the more partners equals more influence and therefore more money (directly and indirectly).
See for example the capture of the group of educators.
Patients, as always, are indirect objectives.
We are more interested in the support of thirst than on the contrary.

The experiences of the advisory advice are good, as long as the 4 legs of the table are strong separately: administration, educators, doctors, patients
At the national level, generalizing, the administration does not paint anything (or does anything), the doctors (thirst) go to their ball (example with the reactive strips), the educators do not exist and we are missing some years to be a group to be a groupreal pressure.

From the outside, I am pessimistic, I think that thirst will continue its path equal or similar as in recent years.Relationships with Fede are likely to be more fluid but at the time of the truth almost impossible a real and effective change in diabetes attention, especially type 2.