Joslin's insulin deskbook
Subtitle: designing and initiating insulin treatment programs
By: [edited] by Richard S. Beaser and the staff of Joslin Diabetes Center
Contributors: Joslin Diabetes Center
Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center, c2008.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781879091306
Subjects: Insulin; Handbooks, manuals; Therapeutic use; Diabetes; Treatment; Diabetes Mellitus; Drug therapy
Other titles: Insulin deskbook
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Using insulin to treat diabetes; title: General principles; title: Introduction; title: Endogenous insulin; title: Insulin for exogenous therapy; title: Insulin antibodies; title: Insulin allergy; title: Insulin storage; title: Insulin injection; title: The syringe; title: Syringe preparation techniques; title: Injection techniques; title: Common mistakes; title: Insulin pens; title: Automatic injection aids and jet injectors; title: Injection aids for people with low vision; title: Injection sites; title: Syringe reuse; title: Disposal of syringes; title: Chapter 2. Designing a conventional insulin treatment program; title: Introduction; title: Indications for insulin therapy; title: Goals of insulin treatment; title: Glucose monitoring programs for patients using insulin; title: Initiation of insulin therapy for Type 1 diabetes; title: Initiation of insulin therapy for Type 2 diabetes; title: The implications of insulin quantity; title: Specific insulin regimens; title: Intensified conventional therapy; title: Modifying the insulin treatment program; title: Rebound hyperglycemia; title: Adjustment guidelines; title: Chapter 3. Physiologic insulin treatment programs; title: What is physiologic insulin therapy?; title: Why physiologic therapy makes sense; title: Patient selection for use of physiologic insulin; title: Replacement therapy; title: Physiologic insulin dosing schedules; title: Preparing patients to starts physiologic insulin; title: Replacement therapy; title: Treatment adjustments; title: Adjusting for hyperglycemia; title: Adjusting for hypoglycemia; title: Weight gain / loss on physiologic insulin; title: Replacement therapies; title: Insulin pump therapy; title: Pramlintide; title: Conclusion.