| Description |
v, 64 pages : illustrations ; 14 cm |
| Contents |
Patient selection -- Insulin choices -- Insulin character -- Insulin absorption -- Mixing insulins -- Insulin regimens -- Insulin for type 1 patients -- Sample injection regimens -- Determining total insulin dose -- Honeymoon phase -- Adjusting insulin -- Timing insulin -- Adjustments for exercise -- Insulin for type 2 patients -- Adding insulin to oral agent therapy -- Insulin-only therapy -- Troubleshooting -- Patient resistance to starting insulin -- Weight gain -- Fasting (morning) hyperglycemia -- Hypoglycemia -- Hypoglycemia unawareness -- Patient SMBG records -- Patient education |
| Summary |
"This indispensable resource from the American Diabetes Association will give you the knowledge and data you need for initiating and maintaining insulin therapy in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes." "With this easy reference guide, you can take the concerns and fear out of insulin therapy and make improved glycemic control an attainable reality for your patients. Don't let a patient's worries about self-administered injections, hypoglycemia, and weight gain get in the way of better health outcomes."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Hormone therapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Insulin -- Therapeutic use -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Diabetes Mellitus -- drug therapy.
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Insulin -- therapeutic use.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbook.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
American Diabetes Association.
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| LC no. |
2007008601 |
| ISBN |
1580402224 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781580402224 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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