Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes

This clinical book for health care professionals features the most up-to-date approaches and protocols for diagnosing and treating patients with type 2 diabetes.Over 18 million people are living with diabetes and the majority has been diagnosed as type 2 - a group particularly at-risk for cardiovascular complications. Health care practitioners will find this comprehensive resource for type 2 indispensable, providing the most up-to-date guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, glucose, and cardiovascular disease risk factor control as well as nutrition and exercise. Professionals will find the array of treatment options for all stages of CVD particularly useful as well as the behaviour modification strategies.New updates include: Newer insulin secretagogues; Combination therapy; Oral agents; Improved delivery devices; and, Obesity and type 2 diabetes.