Rifka Schulman-Rosenbaum, MD

NEW ORLEANS — In part two of a three-part video exclusive series, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Rifka C. Schulman-Rosenbaum, MD, FACE, FACP, about the steps providers should take when a patient screens positive for type 1 diabetes.

A 94-year-old woman living in a nursing home was admitted to the hospital for severe hypoglycemia after a finger-stick glucose was found to be less than 20 mg/dL.

The vascular surgery team calls for an inpatient consult late on Friday afternoon. A 56-year-old man with a longstanding history of severe peripheral vascular disease was admitted for assessment of patency of a popliteal artery stent.