Diabetes and its management.
Contributors: Watkins, Peter J.; Watkins, Peter J.
Edition: 6th ed. / Peter J. Watkins ... [et al.].
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus -- therapy
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Diabetes and its management / Peter J. Watkins, Paul L. Drury, Simon L. Howell. 5th ed. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Diagnosis and classification; title: 2. Epidemiology of diabetes; title: 3. Synthesis, secretion and actions of insulin; title: 4. Metabolic changes in diabetes: a summary; title: 5. Aetiology and genetics; title: 6. Clinical features of diabetes; title: 7. Management of type 2 diabetes; title: 8. Management of type 1 diabetes mellitus; title: 9. Hypoglycaemia; title: 10. Diabetic hyperglycaemic emergencies; title: 11. Management of diabetes during surgery and other illnesses; title: 12. Pregnancy and diabetes; title: 13. Diabetes in children; title: 14. An overview of microvascular complications; title: 15. Diabetes and the kidney; title: 16. Diabetic eye disease; title: 17. Diabetic neuropathies; title: 18. The diabetic foot; title: 19. Cardiovascular disease; title: 20. Hypertension; title: 21. Living with diabetes; title: 22. Organization of care.