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The ABC of Diabetes comprises a comprehensive view of the practical issues relating to diagnosis and treatment of diabetes together with very practical advice on the management of its complications. The entire emphasis relates to clinical practice.
What is diabetes? -- Clinical presentation: why is diabetes so often missed? -- Aims of treatment: a healthy lifestyle -- Treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Insulin treatment -- Blood glucose monitoring: optimising diabetic control -- The unstable Type 1 diabetic patient -- Hypoglycaemia -- Diabetic Ketoacidosis and management of diabetes during surgery -- Diabetic complications: cause and prevention -- Retinopathy -- Peripheral neuropathies -- Autonomic neuropathy -- Monoeuropathies and acute painful neuropathies -- The diabetic foot -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, lipids, and myocardial infarction -- Pregnancy -- Orangisation of diabetic care: primary-secondary care interface -- Practical problems.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94) and index.