Diabetes and its management - Watkins, Peter J.; Watkins, Peter J. (Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 2003)
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.
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.
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Keywords: Diabetes; Diabetes in children; Electronic books