This book is a how-to manual for practicing physicians and health
care providers, nurse educators, nutritionists, and physicians in
training in the management of persons with diabetes mellitus.
Experts with strong clinical and teaching backgrounds provide
up-to-date recom-mendations and rationale of the most effective
diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to diabetes mellitus and its
multiorgan micro- and macrovascular complications for patients of
all ages. Gives five practical guidelines for nutrition therapy
that supplies realistic recommendations! With contributions from
nearly 60 clinicians who reveal a constellation of disorders with
different signs, symptoms, clinical characteristics, and therapies,
Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus -reviews the autoimmune
process and genetics of type 1 and type 2 diabetes -offers an
overview of the medications that impair glucose metabolism causing
hypo- or hyperglycemia -covers pathogenesis, clinical presentation,
and diagnosis with specialized laboratory tests -surveys
therapeutic modalities, their mechanisms of action, and rationale
for use -focuses on outcomes and how they are tracked -stresses
early detection and therapy of end-organ complications -discusses
the effect of intensive diabetes management on reducing
retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy -considers incorporating
psychiatric techniques into the treatment of diabetes -compares and
contrasts diabetes in children, adults, and the elderly -and more!
Containing over 850 references, tables, drawings, and photographs,
Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus is a cross-disciplinary
reference perfect for family practice physicians, internists,
pediatricians, endocrinologists, pharmacologists, nutritionists,
physiologists, dietitians, obesity specialists, psychiatrists, and
medical school students in these disciplines.
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