DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE This title has been archived.

Author: Jeff Unger, MD,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN 10: 0781787629
ISBN 13: 9780781787628
Edition: 1st

Description:

This book 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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter

INTRODUCTION TO DIABETES

DIAGNOSING AND MANAGING THE METABOLIC SYNDROME IN ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS

POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

MANAGING TYPE 2 DIABETES IN ADULTS

PHYSIOLOGIC INSULIN REPLACEMENT THERAPY

INSULIN PUMP THERAPY

ASSESSING GLYCEMIC CONTROL USING HOME BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING, CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE SENSING, AND GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN (A1C) TESTING

MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES INPREGNANCY, CHILDHOOD, AND ADOLESCENCE

LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES

IN-PATIENT MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES

SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES RELATED COMPLICATIONS

AMYLIN, GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS, AND DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV (DPP-IV) INHIBITORS AS NOVEL TREATMENTS FOR DIABETES

MANAGING MENTAL ILLNESS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES