Diabetes Management in Primary Care
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: March 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780781787628
Subjects: Diabetes; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Diseases - General; Family & General Practice; Internal Medicine; Medical / Internal Medicine; Physicians; Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services; Diabetics; Primary care (Medicine); Rehabilitation; Treatment
Description: Offers primary care physicians evidence-based guidelines for evaluating and treating all patients with diabetes. It covers all aspects of outpatient and hospital-based diabetes care for all age groups, and includes behavioral interventions for enhancing patient adherence. Coverage includes fine-tuning glycemic management with computerized self-blood glucose monitoring software, evaluating and treating patients with metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome, managing mental illness in patients with diabetes, and prevention of microvascular and macrovascular complications. The book discusses newer insulin therapy protocols, insulin delivery devices such as pumps, pens, and inhaled insulin, and novel pharmacotherapies including incretin mimetics and DPP-IV inhibitors.