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Difficult diabetes

edited by Geoffrey V. Gill, John C. Pickup, Gareth Williams

Blackwell Science, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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?

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  • NCID
    BA61281778
  • ISBN
    • 0632053240
  • LCCN
    00056419
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 308 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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