Clinical dilemmas in diabetes /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vella, Adrian, Rizza, Robert A.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Blackwell Pub., 2011.
• Θέματα: Diabetes.; Evidence-based medicine.; Diabetes Mellitus > therapy.; Diabetes Mellitus > diagnosis.; Evidence-Based Medicine > methods.; Medicine.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Diabetes.; Electronic books.

 "Clinical Dilemmas in Diabetes provides evidence-based clinical guidance on the most common and problematic areas of concern encountered by health professionals when diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with diabetes. Topics reflect current interest, specific recent developments, and areas of controversy. Each brief chapter opens with a learning points box to aid easy assimilation of the main issues. Contributors are international and well known diabetes specialists, thus providing a global perspective, writing under the editorial guidance of two Mayo Clinic experts, Professor Adrian Vella and a former president of the American Diabetes Association, Professor Robert Rizza"--Provided by publisher. 

 Front Matter -- Prediabetes and the Diagnosis of Diabetes. Is Prediabetes a Risk Factor or is it a Disease? / Kalpana Muthusamy, Adrian Vella -- Early Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes: Useful or a Phyrrhic Victory? / Chiara Guglielmi, Paolo Pozzilli -- How should Secondary Causes of Diabetes be Excluded? / Aonghus O'Loughlin, Sean F Dinneen -- Screening Patients with Prediabetes and Diabetes for Cardiovascular Disease / Deepika S Reddy, Vivian Fonseca -- Initial Evaluation and Management of Diabetes. What is the Role of Self-Monitoring in Diabetes? Is there a Role for Postprandial Glucose Monitoring? How does Continuous Glucose Monitoring Integrate into Clinical Practice? / Rami Almokayyad, Robert Cuddihy -- The Optimal Diet for Diabetes is? / Maria L Collazo-Clavell -- How to Determine when to Pursue Lifestyle Change Alone Versus Pharmacotherapy at Diagnosis? / Galina Smushkin, F John Service -- Insulin Sensitizers Versus Secretagogues as First-Line Therapy for Diabetes: Rationale for Clinical Choice / Robert J Richards, L Yvonne Melendez-Ramirez, William T Cefalu -- Are Insulin Sensitizers Useful Additions to Insulin Therapy? / John W Richard, Philip Raskin -- Is there a Role for Incretin-Based Therapy in Combination with Insulin? / Matheni Sathananthan, Adrian Vella -- HbA1c: Is it the Most Important Therapeutic Target in outPatient Management of Diabetes? / Steven A Smith -- Management of Associated Risk Factors and Disease. Primary Therapy for Obesity as the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes / Manpreet S Mundi, Michael D Jensen -- Are Statins the Optimal Therapy for Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Diabetes? Are Triglycerides an Important Independent Risk Factor for Diabetes? / Michael O'Reilly, Timothy O'Brien -- The Role of Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients with Diabetes: Primary or Rescue Therapy? / Praveena Gandikota, Blandine Laferr₁ere -- Hyperglycemia should be Avoided in Critical Illness and the Postoperative Period / Kalpana Muthusamy, John M Miles -- Is there an Optimal Revascularization Strategy in Diabetic Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease? / Stephen H Mckellar, Morgan L Brown, Robert L Frye -- Index.