Difficult Diabetes
Published on 13. November 2000
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-632-05324-7 (ISBN)
Description
Difficult Diabetes is intended for diabetologists and endocrinologists who want to keep abreast of the developments in diabetes. Its key objective is to provide guidance to clinicians about the most topical and controversial aspects of diabetes management. It provides a distillation in areas where clinical guidelines are either controversial or lacking. The book is divided into four sections. The first, on diagnostic and screening issues, questions how and when screening should be undertaken and covers questions such as 'is screening for gestational diabetes worthwhile?'. The second section, on management issues in type 2 diabetes covers a variety of topics from the treatment of obesity in type 2 diabetes to the use of oral hypoglycaemic agents. This is followed by a collection of management issues in type 1 diabetes. The final section explores more general diabetes issues such as managing coexisting disease and employment and driving restrictions.
Reviews / Votes
"This multiauthor book, which has 17 chapters on many aspects of diabetes care, is mainly well written and topical. The chapter on erectile dysfunction will be especially valuable as a resource to some since it basks in the post-Viagra era. Diabetes physicians and diabetes specialist nurses will find this a reflective read capable of changing their attitudes and clinical practice." BMJ.comMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
105
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
756 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-05324-7 (9780632053247)
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Other editions
Additional editions
G. V. Gill | Gareth Williams | John C. Pickup
Difficult Diabetes
E-Book
05/2008
Wiley-Blackwell
€97.99
Available for download
Content
DIAGNOSTIC AND SCREENING ISSUES 1. Do we know how to diagnose diabetes and do we need to screen for the disease? 2. Does IGT really exist, and if so what should be done about it? 3. Is gestational diabetes important, and worth screening for? 4. What should we do about microalbuminuria? MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN TYPE 2 DIABETES 5. Is obesity realistically treatable in type 2 diabetes? 6. What are the options for oral agents treatment in type 2 diabetes? 7. Should insulin be used in obese type 2 diabetes? 8. Is the management of diabetic foot ulceration evidence based? MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN TYPE 1 DIABETES 9. Is even moderate control of diabetes in adolescence feasible? 10. Does brittle diabetes exist? 11. How should hypoglycaemia unawareness be managed? 12. Is multiple injection therapy (MIT) the treatment of choice in type 1 diabetes? 13. Is insulin pump treatment ever justifiable? 14. Is there a role for sole transplantation of the pancreas in type 1 diabetes? OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES 15. Should there be employment restrictions for diabetic patients? 16. How should erectile dysfunction in diabetes be managed? 17. How should hypertension be managed in diabetes?