Diabetes and its management [electronic resource].
Publication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, c2003.Edition: 6th ed. / Peter J. Watkins ... [et al.]Description: xi, 224 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 616.4/62 21
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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.
1. Diagnosis and classification -- 2. Epidemiology of diabetes -- 3. Synthesis, secretion and actions of insulin -- 4. Metabolic changes in diabetes: a summary -- 5. Aetiology and genetics -- 6. Clinical features of diabetes -- 7. Management of type 2 diabetes -- 8. Management of type 1 diabetes mellitus -- 9. Hypoglycaemia -- 10. Diabetic hyperglycaemic emergencies -- 11. Management of diabetes during surgery and other illnesses -- 12. Pregnancy and diabetes -- 13. Diabetes in children -- 14. An overview of microvascular complications -- 15. Diabetes and the kidney -- 16. Diabetic eye disease -- 17. Diabetic neuropathies -- 18. The diabetic foot -- 19. Cardiovascular disease -- 20. Hypertension -- 21. Living with diabetes -- 22. Organization of care.
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