Atlas of Diabetes Fourth Edition /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Skyler, Jay (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Diabetes.; Pediatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.

Diabetes mellitus is increasing in incidence, prevalence, and importance as a chronic disease throughout the world. The International Diabetes Federation projects that by 2030 there will be 438 million people with diabetes on a global scale. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control calc...

Table of Contents:

• Regulation of Insulin Secretion and Islet Cell Function
• Mechanisms of Insulin Action
• Consequences of Insulin Deficiency
• Type 1 Diabetes
• Management of Type 1 Diabetes
• Childhood Diabetes
• Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes
• Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes and Pregnancy
• Mechanisms of Hyperglycemic Damage in Diabetes
• Management and Prevention of Diabetic Complications
• Eye Complications  of Diabetes
• Diabetes and the Kidney
• Diabetic Neuropathies
• Obesity Therapy
• Reversal of Diabetes: Islet Cell Transplantation
• Technology and Diabetes: Insulin Delivery Systems and Glucose Sensing
• Newer Diabetes Medications.