Mosby's Color atlas and text of diabetes and endocrinology

DIABETES SECTION Introduction Clinical presentation of diabetes Living with diabetes Management of diabetes Complications of diabetes Acute complications of diabetes Macrovascular diseases and hypertension Diabetic eye disease Diabetic Nephropathy Skin and soft tissue problems Diabetic foot disease and neuropathy Diabetes in special groups ENDOCRINOLOGY SECTION Introduction Acute endocrine emergencies Hypothalamo-pituitary disorders Endocrinological problems in children and adolescents Thyroid disorders Disorders of the adrenal glands Reproductive endocrinology Metabolic bone disease and calcium disorders Hypoglycemia Gastrointestinal hormones Familial endocrine disorders and ectopic hormones.

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Opening with a short introductory chapter on the historical aspects of diabetes and endocrinology, this title goes on to offer a chapter on the latest scientific advances in the field, relating them directly to changes in clinical practice. The textbook is then divided into two sections: section one deals with diabetes, section two with endocrinology.The emphasis throughout is on the clinical aspects of the speciality, with basic science being included only where clinically relevant. The authors include many diagnostic and therapeutic protocols or ""care maps"" in the form of flow charts, thereby providing essential information in a format that can be very easily referred to and which relates directly to the needs of the inexperienced trainee or the non-specialist.