| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 76 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Front Matter -- Colour Plates -- Introduction -- Case Studies. Diagnosis and Early Management of Type 1 Diabetes in a Young Child / Julie A Edge -- Management of an Elderly Patient, Housebound and Living Alone / Chris Cottrell, Helen Green -- Gestational diabetes / Jonathan Webber -- Weight Loss and Improved Glycaemic Control / Pamela Dyson -- Type 2 Diabetes in a Child / Timothy G Barrett -- Weight Reduction / G Pooler R Archbold, Ailish G Nugent, Welby Henry -- Improved Glycaemic Control / Steven Creely -- Risk of Hypoglycaemia in a Patient in a Unit for the Elderly Mentally ill in a Nursing Home / Chris Cottrell, Helen Green -- Structured Education for Type 1 Diabetes / Pamela Dyson -- Woman with Family History of Raised Cholesterol and Diabetes / Robert Cramb -- Type 1 Diabetes in a Child / Timothy G Barrett -- Poor Glucose Control with Microvascular Complications / Sarah Griffiths, Parth Narendran -- Renal Failure and Cardiovascular Disease in an Asian Patient / Alex Wright -- Type 1 Diabetes in a Teenage Girl Concerned about Weight / Julie A Edge -- Glycaemic Control through Patient Empowerment / You Yi Hong, M̀ire O'Donnell, Sean F Dinneen -- Diagnosis and Early Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome / Maggie Sinclair Hammersley, Daniel Hammersley -- Incretin or Insulin? / Richard Paisey -- Type 2 Diabetes and Pregnancy / Nick Lewis-Barned -- Deterioration of Pre-Existing Diabetes in a Patient on Low Dose Quetiapine / Valeria Frighi, Matthew Stephenson -- Low HbA and Risk of Hypoglycaemia / Jonathan Roland -- Rapid Changes in Glycaemic Control and Retinopathy / Adele Farnsworth, Alex Wright -- Type 1 Diabetes in a Young Man Moving from Paediatric to Young Adult Services / Nick Lewis-Barned -- Monitoring Glycaemic Control: HbA or Fructosamine / Sarah Moore -- Prepregnancy and Pregnancy in Type 1 Diabetes / Ciara McLaughlin, David R McCance -- Maturity onset Diabetes of the Young, Subtype ( -MODY) / Amanda Webster, Katharine R Owen -- ₁Overtreating₂ Type 2 Diabetes / Simon Heller -- Diabetes and an Elevated Triglyceride Concentration / Robert Cramb -- Multiple Therapies Leading to Bariatric Surgery / Ernesto Lopez, R David Leslie -- Optic Neuropathy / Richard Paisey, Rob Willox -- Uncertainty Around the Estimate of Average Plasma Glucose from HbA / Eric S Kilpatrick -- Antipsychotics / Richard I G Holt -- Abnormal Liver Function in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes / Joanne Morling -- Fructosamine in Diabetic Nephropathy / Stuart A Ritchie, John A McKnight, Susan E Manley -- Recurrent Hypoglycaemia Caused by Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency / Athinyaa Thiraviaraj, Hamza Ali Khan, Ailish G Nugent, G Pooler R Archbold -- A Patient with Diabetes Taking Niacin / Richard Haynes, Jane Armitage -- Tight Glycaemic Control Leading to Nocturnal Hypoglycaemia / Rikke Borg -- Diabetes and Iron-Deficiency Anaemia / W Garry John, Tara Wallace -- Deterioration in Vision after Commencing Insulin Treatment: The Early Worsening Phenomenon / Peter H Scanlon -- Type 1 Diabetes ₆ Worsening Glycaemic Control on Introduction of a Pump? / Ken Sikaris -- Monitoring Glycaemic Control in a Patient with Sickle Cell Trait / Andrea Gomes, Lis Chandler, Rachel Round, Janet Smith -- Balancing Fear of Hypoglycaemia with Optimal Control in Pregnancy / Roy Taylor -- Asian Patient with High-Risk Feet and Suboptimal Glycaemic Control / Varadarajan Baskar -- Type 2 Diabetes and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome / M Ali Karamat -- Impact of Variant Haemoglobin AC on HbA Determination / Laura Hikin, Jackie Carr-Smith, Rachel Round, Janet Smith -- Diabetic Nephropathy / Sally M Marshall |
| Summary |
Adapting to the IFCC system of reporting HbA1c poses a challenge to generations of health professionals who have learnt the percentage system related to the major clinical trials, in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the DCCT and UKPDS. This handy paperback illuminates the transition path. Using real-life case studies to illustrate actual clinical situations, the book shows you how to use mmol/mol units in daily practice. Each case study shows the old percentage units alongside the IFCC units for quick comparison. Produced in association with Diabetes UK, this pocketbook helps you work with confidenc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Great Britain
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Glycosylated hemoglobin -- Measurement
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Diabetes.
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Diabetes
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Manley, Susan
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Stratton, Irene
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Gough, Stephen, Ph. D.
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| LC no. |
2009046374 |
| ISBN |
9781444320350 |
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1444320351 |
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9781444320343 |
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1444320343 |
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1444334441 |
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9781444334449 |
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1282549340 |
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9781282549340 |
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9786612549342 |
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6612549343 |
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