Joslin's diabetes deskbook
Subtitle: a guide for primary care providers
By: by Richard S. Beaser and the staff of Joslin Diabetes Center
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center; Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins]
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 714
ISBN-13: 9780781792622; 9781879091207
Subjects: Diabetes Complications; Treatment; Diabetes Mellitus; Complications et séquelles; Complications; Diabetic Foot; Diabète; Diabetic Neuropathies; Therapy; Gestational Diabetes; Traitement; Prevention & control; Therapeutic use; Diabetes; Insulin
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diabetes: definition and pathophysiology; title: The approach to diagnose and treatment of diabetes mellitus; title: Monitoring diabetes; title: Adipose tissue as an endocrine gland: a possible key in understanding the metabolic mysteries; title: Medical nutrition therapy and diabetes; title: Physical activity for fitness; title: Diabetes: multiple treatments for a multicomponent condition; title: Pharmacotherapy for type 2 diabetes: medications to match the pathophysiology; title: Using insulin to treat diabetes-general principles; title: Designing a conventional insulin treatment program; title: Physiologic insulin treatment programs; title: Educating the patient; title: Acute complications; title: Microvascular complications; title: Macrovascular complications; title: Diabetic neuropathy; title: The foot: clinical care and problem prevention; title: Surgical management of the patient with diabetes; title: Gender-specific issues; title: Pregnancy and diabetes; title: Treatment of children with diabetes; title: Diabetes in the older adult; title: Psychological issues in the treatment of diabetes; title: Diabetes in culturally diverse populations:  facing the challenge in clinical practice.