Title Handbook of diabetes / Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Newcastle University, Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist, South Tees Foundation Trust, Middleesbrough, UK, Richard Donnell, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP, Head, School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, University of Nottingham, Honorary Consultant Physician, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK

Edition Fourth edition Published Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishing, a John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication, 2010

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Description x, 238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 4 3/4 in Contents 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 -- 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 -- Gastorintestinal problems in diabetes -- Skin and connective tissue disorders in diabetes -- Psychological and psychiatric problems in diabetes -- 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 Summary 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 Notes Revised edition of: Handbook of diabetes / Gareth Williams, John C. Pickup. 3rd ed. 2004 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to ebrary Description based on print version record Subject Diabetes. Diabetes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Diabetes -- Treatment. Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Mellitus. Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. Author Donnelly, Richard, 1960- author Williams, Gareth, 1952- Handbook of diabetes Wiley InterScience (Online service) LC no. 2009046371 ISBN 1405184094 9781405184090

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