| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Overview. Pharmacoepidemiology of diabetes / Jørgen Rungby and Andrew J. Krentz ; New definitions of diabetes : consequences / Knut Borch-Johnsen -- Pharmacotherapy of diabetes. The insulin resistance syndrome : concept and therapeutic approaches / Gerald M. Reaven ; Medical emergencies : diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycaemia / Niels Møller and K. George M.M. Alberti ; Notes on the use of glucagon in type 1 diabetes / Carl Erik Mogensen ; Insulin and new insulin analogues, insulin pumps and inhaled insulin in type 1 diabetes / Kjeld Hermansen ; Insulin and new insulin analogues with focus on type 2 diabetes / Sten Madsbad ; The place of insulin secretagogues in the treatment of type 2 diabetes in the twenty-first century / Harald Stingl and Guntram Schernthaner ; Metformin : from devil to angel / Guntram Schernthaner and Gerit Holger Schernthaner ; The glitazones, lessons so far / Monika Shirodkar and Serge Jabbour ; Antidiabetic combination therapy / Henning Beck-Nielsen and Jan Erik Henriksen ; The incretin modulators : incretin mimetics (GLP-1 receptor agonists) and incretin enhancers (DPP-4 inhibitors) / Michael A. Nauck, Wolfgang E. Schmidt, and Juris J. Meier ; The role of alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (acarbose) / Markolf Hanefeld and Frank Schaper ; Multifactorial intervention in type 2 diabetes / Oluf Pedersen -- Treating the comorbid patient. Obesity and pharmacological treatment / Bjørn Richelsen ; Management of diabetic dyslipidaemia / D. John Betteridge ; Coronary intervention and ischemic cardioprotection in diabetic patients / Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen -- Diabetic complications and side-effects. ACE-I and ARB and blood pressure lowering, including effect on renal disease : treatment of advanced diabetic renal disease / Per Løgstrup Poulsen and Johan V. Poulsen ; Aspirin and antiplatelet drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular complications of diabetes / Alberto Zanchetti ; Glycosylation inhibitors, PKC inhibitors and related interventions against complications / Aino Soro-Paavonen and Mark Cooper ; Diabetic foot ulcers / Andrew Boulton and Frank Bowling ; Pharmacotherapy in diabetic neuropathy / Anders Dejgaard and Jannik Hilsted ; Pregnancy : pharmacological problems / Elisabeth R. Mathiesen and Peter Damm ; Pharmacotherapy of diabetic retinopathy / Toke Bek ; Pharmacotherapy in diabetic sexual dysfunction / Niels Ejskjaer ; A bone perspective / Lars Rejnmark -- Notes from major pharmaceutical companies (all major companies asked to participate). Achieving guideline control with new pharmacotherapies : albumin-binding by acylation of insulin and GLP-1 / Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen ; Pharmacotherapy of diabetes / Post Scriptum by the Editor |
| Summary |
In the United States, 20.8 million children and adults, 7% of the population, have diabetes. While an estimated 14.6 million have been diagnosed, 6.2 million have yet to be diagnosed. Worldwide diabetes afflicts 150 million people. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2025 that figure will double. Diabetes is responsible for more deaths than AIDS and breast cancer, combined. It is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart complications and stroke. Treatment of Type 1 and Type diabetes has changed radically over the past few years. There are new opportunities f |
| Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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suikerziekte |
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diabetes |
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endocrinologie |
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endocrinology |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Chemotherapy
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Diabetes Mellitus -- drug therapy
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Hypoglycemic Agents -- therapeutic use
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Insulin -- therapeutic use
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Diabetes.
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Hypoglycemic Agents -- therapeutic use.
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Insulin -- Therapeutic use.
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Diabetes -- Chemotherapy.
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Diabetes Mellitus -- drug therapy.
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Diabetes -- Chemotherapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mogensen, Carl Erik.
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| ISBN |
9780387697376 |
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0387697373 |
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9780387697369 |
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0387697365 |
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128108753X |
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9781281087539 |
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