| Description |
1 online resource (v, 103 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Type 2 Diabetes -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Type 2 diabetes: an impending pandemic? -- What is type 2 diabetes? -- Our challenge -- Bibliography -- 2. Insulin and metabolism -- The ß-cell and insulin secretion -- Insulin actions -- Summary -- 3. Type 2 diabetes: aetiology and pathogenesis -- Genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes -- Environmental factors in susceptibility to type 2 diabetes -- Biochemical defects of type 2 diabetes -- The natural history of type 2 diabetes -- Bibliography -- 4. Presenting features of type 2 diabetes -- Hyperglycaemia -- Mode of presentation -- Bibliography -- 5. Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus -- Cautions -- Bibliography -- 6. Complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus: not a "mild disease" -- Arterial disease -- The diabetic foot -- Diabetic eye disease -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Erectile dysfunction -- Bibliography -- 7. The clinic -- Clinical staff and set-up -- Consultation organization -- Education -- Nutritional advice -- Exercise -- Blood glucose monitoring -- Cardiovascular risk assessment and management -- Microvascular disease -- Bibliography -- 8. Pregnancy and contraception in type 2 diabetes -- Contraception -- Contraindications to pregnancy -- Pre-pregnancy management -- Pregnancy care -- 9. Diabetes and driving -- If the patient is on insulin -- If the patient is on oral hypoglycaemics -- If the patient is on diet alone -- 10. Diabetes and surgery -- 11. The management armoury -- Oral hypoglycaemic agents -- Insulin -- Adjunctive therapies -- Bibliography -- 12. The future -- New hypoglycaemic agents -- Insulin pumps -- Alternative insulin delivery -- Glucose sensing techniques -- Type 2 diabetes prevention -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Type 2 diabetes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Type 2 diabetes.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Diabetes.
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Type 2 diabetes
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Williams, Gareth, 1952-
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| ISBN |
0585451818 |
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9780585451817 |
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0203417119 |
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9780203417119 |
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1280018801 |
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9781280018800 |
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