Controversies in Treating Diabetes (eBook)

Clinical and Research Aspects

Derek LeRoith, Aaron I. Vinik (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 2008
X, 367 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59745-572-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses diabetes controversies, specifically in the management of etiology and the disease itself. Chapters also examine the complications associated with diabetes. The volume covers commonly accepted forms of therapies and complications, as well as new and emerging advances and therapies and inadequacies in several standard treatments. Comprehensive and timely, this book is an essential reference for those treating and researching diabetes.

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Diabetes Mellitus is an extremely common disorder and the number of patients is increasing every year. Controversies in Treating Diabetes: Clinical and Research Aspects addresses diabetes controversies, specifically in the etiology and management of the disease. With a thorough examination of the complications associated with diabetes, the volume covers commonly accepted forms of therapies and complications, as well as new and emerging advances, therapies and inadequacies in several standard treatments. Topics of emphasis include the metabolic syndrome, using insulin to treat Type 2, retinopathy, neuropathy, environmental stress, the diabetic foot, incretins, and the ADA and NCEP criteria for treating hyperlipidemia of diabetes. Comprehensive and timely, Controversies in Treating Diabetes: Clinical and Research Aspects is an essential reference for those treating and researching diabetes.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Contents 8
Contributors 10
Pancreas Transplantation 12
Islet Cell Transplantation 21
Metabolic Syndrome 43
Intensive Treatment and Complications of Diabetes 61
Treatment of Type 2 Using Insulin 79
Diabetic Retinopathy 105
Diabetic Neuropathies 118
Diabetic Neuropathies 144
Intensive Insulin Therapy for the Critically Ill Patient 166
Childhood Diabetes Explosion 187
Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetic Patients 209
Unifying Hypothesis of Diabetic Complications 240
The Diabetic Foot 257
Coming of Age for the Incretins 274
Controversies in Evaluation and Management of Lipid Disorders in Diabetes 296
Polypills for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes 321
Comorbid Depression and Diabetes 335
Index 357

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Zusatzinfo: X, 367 p.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
• Schlagworte: Diabetes • Diabetes mellitus • Insulin • Obesity • pancreas
• ISBN-10: 1-59745-572-5 / 1597455725
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59745-572-5 / 9781597455725