Controversies in Treating Diabetes Clinical and Research Aspects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: LeRoith, Derek (Editor), Vinik, Aaron I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Series: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Diabetes Mellitus is an extremely common disorder and the number of patients is increasing every year. Controversies in Treating Diabetes: Clinical and Research Aspects addresses diabetes controversies, specifically in the etiology and management of the disease. With a thorough examination of the co...

Table of Contents:

• Pancreas Transplantation
• Islet Cell Transplantation
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Intensive Treatment and Complications of Diabetes
• Treatment of Type 2 Using Insulin
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diabetic Neuropathies
• Diabetic Neuropathies
• Intensive Insulin Therapy for the Critically Ill Patient
• Childhood Diabetes Explosion
• Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
• Unifying Hypothesis of Diabetic Complications
• The Diabetic Foot
• Coming of Age for the Incretins
• Controversies in Evaluation and Management of Lipid Disorders in Diabetes
• Polypills for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
• Comorbid Depression and Diabetes.