| Description |
vii, 101 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 30 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
ABC series from BMJ |
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ABC series from BMJ
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. What is diabetes? -- Ch. 2. Clinical presentation: why is diabetes so often missed? -- Ch. 3. Aims of treatment: a healthy lifestyle -- Ch. 4. Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus -- Ch. 5. Insulin treatment -- Ch. 6. Blood glucose monitoring: optimising diabetic control -- Ch. 7. The unstable type 1 diabetic patient -- Ch. 8. Hypoglycaemia -- Ch. 9. Diabetic ketoacidosis and managment of diabetes during surgery -- Ch. 10. Diabetic complications: cause and prevention -- Ch. 11. Retinopathy -- Ch. 12. Peripheral neuropathies -- Ch. 13. Autonomic neuropathy -- Ch. 14. Mononeuropathies and acute painful neuropathies -- Ch. 15. The diabetic foot -- Ch. 16. Diabetic nephropathy -- Ch. 17. Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, lipids and myocardial infarction -- Ch. 18. Pregnancy -- Ch. 19. Organisation of diabetic care: primary-secondary care interface -- Ch. 20. Practical problems |
| Summary |
"This highly successful introduction to the practical management of diabetes has been thoroughly revised and updated with high quality colour pictures, useful diagrams, and algorithms. The fifth edition of the ABC of Diabetes reflects the advances in practice and methods that have been made in recent years." - back cover |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diabetes.
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Diabetes Mellitus.
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Diabetes Mellitus.
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| ISBN |
0727916939 paperback |
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