Main description:

A Practical Guide to Diabetes Mellitus is the latest edition of this comprehensive, highly illustrated guide to diabetes.

The book is comprised of 30 chapters, encompassing a range of practical treatments for diabetes. Beginning with an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the pancreas, subsequent chapters cover topics such as medical nutrition therapy, insulin therapy, diabetic foot, and ocular disease.

This edition includes brand new chapters on obesity, wound care, the elderly and epidemiology. The chapter on insulin therapy outlines key aspects of insulin injection techniques, mixing of insulin, and sites for insulin administration.

This revised and enhanced edition of A Practical Guide to Diabetes Mellitus is enhanced by 136 full colour images and illustrations, making it an ideal companion for all students and practitioners of diabetology, and general physicians.

Key Points

• Latest edition of comprehensive guide to diabetes


• Previous edition published 2012 (9789350259672)


• New chapters on obesity, wound care, the elderly, and epidemiology


• 136 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

1.Physiology

2.Introduction and Overview Of Glycemic Disorders

PART A: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis

PART B: Classification and Approach

3.Medical Nutrition Therapy

4.Exercise

5.Counselling

6.Oral Anti Diabetic Agents

7.Parenteral Therapeutic Agents

8.Insulin Therapy

9.Instruments And Gadgets

10.Peripheral Neuropathy

11.Diabetic Foot

PART A: Neuroarthropathy and Foot Care  

PART B: Wound Care in Patients with Diabetes

12.Therapeutic Foot Wear

13.Hypertension

14.Nephropathy

15.Macrovascular Complications In Diabetes

PART A: Coronary Artery Disease

PART B: Stroke in Diabetes

16.Ocular Disease

17.Autonomic Neuropathy

18.Infections in Diabetes       

19.Hyperglycemic Emergencies

20.Hypoglycemia

21.Pregnancy And Diabetes

22.Diabetes in Childhood And Adolescence

23.Diabetes in Elderly

24.Secondary Diabetes

25.Perioperative Care

26.Obesity and Diabetes

27.Lab and Analytical Methods

28.Recent Advances

29.In Hospital Management

30.Integrating Systems

PART A: Team Approach to the Management of Diabetes

PART B: Tele-Health - Bridging Distances in Diabetes Education