Practical diabetes care /

• Main Author: Levy, David, 1954- (Author)
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Subjects: Diabetes > Treatment.; Primary care (Medicine); Diabetes Mellitus > therapy.; Diabetes Mellitus > diagnosis.; Medicine.; Electronic books.

"Diabetes is the catalyst for a whole host of chronic complications that can appear as a result of the disease, such as: diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, foot ulcers, kidney failure, and an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. Diabetes management is changing rapidly, and powerf...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Classification and Diagnosis
• Diabetes in the Emergency Department
• Management of Inpatient Diabetes
• Type 1 Diabetes: Insulin Treatment
• Type 2 Diabetes: General Introduction
• Type 2 Diabetes: Pharmacological Treatment of Hyperglycaemia
• Infections in Diabetes
• Diabetic Renal Disease
• Diabetes and the Eye
• Diabetic Neuropathy
• Hypertension
• Lipids
• Psychological Aspects of Diabetes
• Index.
• Machine generated contents note: Preface.
• Numbers, conversions and tables.
• Chapter 1 Classification and diagnosis.
• Chapter 2 Diabetes in the emergency department.
• Chapter 3 Management of in-patient diabetes.
• Chapter 4 Type 1 diabetes: insulin treatment.
• Chapter 5 Type 2 diabetes: general introduction.
• Chapter 6 Type 2 diabetes: pharmacological treatment of hyperglycaemia.
• Chapter 7 Infections in diabetes.
• Chapter 8 Diabetic renal disease.
• Chapter 9 Diabetes and the eye.
• Chapter 10 Diabetic neuropathy.
• Chapter 11 Hypertension.
• Chapter 12 Lipids.
• Chapter 13 Psychological aspects of diabetes.