Type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome
Subtitle: the primary care guide to diagnosis and management
By: by Ronald A. Codario.
Series: Current clinical practice
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes; Insulin resistance; Primary care (Medicine); Diabetes Mellitus, Type II; Prediabetic State; Primary Health Care
Description: Details for busy primary care practitioners the state of the art in diagnosing and managing diabetes, as well as in reducing patient risk factors. Using an evidence-based approach, the author explains, in simple clinical terms that avoid the complexity of much larger textbooks, our latest understanding of the pathophysiology of diabetes, its treatment with insulin and oral agents, and the management of its risk factors. The author also extensively reviews such major topics as the metabolic syndrome, the role of exercise and nutrition, and the key issues associated with the use of herbs and nutraceuticals.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes; title: Guidelines and classifications; title: Exercise; title: Nutrition; title: Obesity and the metabolic syndrome; title: Oral agents for type 2 diabetes; title: Insulin use; title: Macrovascular disease; title: Microvascular disease; title: Diabetic dyslipidemia; title: Hypertension in diabetics; title: Glycemic control; title: Risk reduction in the diabetic patient.