Handbook of diabetes.

Bilous, Rudy W.

Handbook of diabetes. - 4th ed. - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 - 1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map : (print)

Includes CD-Rom 4th ed. / edited by Rudy Bilous, Richard Donnelly. Previous ed.: published as by Gareth Williams, John C. Pickup. Malden, Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. 4th ed. / Rudy Bilous, Richard Donnelly.

text Front Matter -- Introduction to Diabetes. Introduction to Diabetes -- History of Diabetes -- Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes -- Public Health Aspects of Diabetes -- Normal Physiology of Insulin Secretion and Action -- Epidemiology and Aetiology of Type 1 Diabetes -- Epidemiology and Aetiology of Type 2 Diabetes -- Other Types of Diabetes -- Metabolic Control and Complications. Diabetes Control and its Measurement -- Management of Type 1 Diabetes -- Management of Type 2 Diabetes -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperglycaemic Hyperosmolar State and Lactic Acidosis -- Hypoglycaemia -- Control and Complications -- Diabetic Eye Disease -- Diabetic Nephropathy -- Diabetic Neuropathy -- Blood Lipid Abnormalities -- Hypertension in Diabetes -- Macrovascular Disease in Diabetes -- Foot Problems in Diabetes -- Sexual Problems in Diabetes -- Gastrointestinal Problems in Diabetes -- Skin and Connective Tissue Disorders in Diabetes -- Psychological and Psychiatric Problems in Diabetes -- The Spectrum and Organisation of Diabetes Care. Specific Circumstances that Affect Diabetes Control -- Pregnancy and Diabetes -- Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence -- Diabetes in Old Age -- Diabetes and Lifestyle -- Organisation of Diabetes Care: Diabetes Specialist Nursing, Diabetes Education and General Practice -- Future Directions in Diabetes Management and Research -- Index.

CIP record. Publication date: 06 2010 Includes bibliographical references and index. Remote This is a practical manual on the assessment and management of patients with diabetes. It contains information on the new IFCC units for measuring blood glucose and the latest drugs being used to combat diabetes, as well as alternative methods of insulin delivery.

9781444391374 1405184094 (pbk.) : 1405184094 (print) 1444391364 (electronic bk.) 1444391372 (electronic bk.) 9781444391367 (electronic bk.) 9781444391374 (electronic bk.)


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