Main description:

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with 'on the go', at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.

Topics reflect information needs stemming from today's integrated undergraduate and foundation courses:

Common presentations
Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging)
Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking)

The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the 'fear factor' associated with day-to-day clinical training, and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket.

Key points

Highly-affordable price and convenient pocket-size format
Breaks down a subject that students find complex and daunting, using clear images, concise and informative text, and specific management scenarios
Logical, building-block approach to content: initial chapter on obesity and causes of diabetes, followed by focus on clinical features and management. Subsequent chapters address the complications of diabetes, including their epidemiology and management
Additional focus on prevention, psychological strategies, tips for motivating patients
Up-to-date: includes recommendations by the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2017

Contents:

Chapter 1 First Principles

Endocrine control of metabolism

Sugar metabolism

Chapter 2 Clinical Essentials

History taking

Examination

Investigations

Management

Chapter 3 Obesity and metabolic syndrome

Clinical scenario

Obesity

Metabolic syndrome

Chapter 4 Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Clinical scenario

Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Chapter 5 Diabetic vasculopathy

Clinical scenario

Macrovascular disease

Microvascular disease

Chapter 6 Diabetic neuropathy

Clinical scenario

Peripheral neuropathy

Autonomic neuropathy

Others conditions

Chapter 7 Erectile dysfunction

Clinical scenario

Erectile dysfunction

Chapter 8 Diabetic retinopathy

Clinical scenario

Diabetic retinopathy

Chapter 9 Diabetic foot disease

Clinical scenario

Diabetic foot

Chapter 10 Diabetic nephropathy

Clinical scenario

Diabetic nephropathy

Chapter 11 Prevention

Early diagnosis

Screening

Diet and lifestyle

Public health initiatives

Psychology of behavioural change