Diabetes in hospital : a practical approach for healthcare professionals / / Paula Holt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811925203321
• Autore: Holt Paula <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-68450-7; 9786612684500; 0-470-74974-1; 0-470-74326-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.4/6206
• Soggetti: Diabetics - Hospital care; Diabetes
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-206) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Diabetes in Hospital: A Practical Approach for Healthcare Professionals; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1: Understanding diabetes; Aims of the chapter; What is diabetes?; History of diabetes and insulin; Anatomy and physiology in the absence of diabetes; Insulin; Glucagon; Classification of diabetes; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes; Signs and symptoms of diabetes; Making a diagnosis; Conclusion; 2: Treating diabetes effectively; Aims of the chapter; Insulin therapy; Case study: Charlotte; Case study: David; Conclusion; Further information; 3: Management and treatment of acute diabetes complications in Accident and EmergencyAims of the chapter; Hyperglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis; Case study: Pippa; Hypoglycaemia; Case study: Jerry; Conclusion; 4: Diabetes in the medical ward; Aims of the chapter; Diabetic neuropathy; Peripheral vascular disease; Treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers; Case study: Malcolm; Conclusion; 5: Diabetes and the surgical patient; Aims of the chapter; Risk of surgery; Case study: Julie; Surgery in different types of diabetes; Conclusion; 6: Diabetes in coronary care; Aims of the chapter; Metabolic syndromeCentral obesity; Inflammatory defects; ; Dyslipidaemia; Hyperglycaemia; Case study: Maggie; Conclusion; 7: Management of diabetes in the renal unit; Aims of the chapter; Anatomy and physiology of the normal functioning kidney; Diabetic nephropathy; Diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Case study: Winston; Conclusion; 8: Diabetes and liver disease; Aims of the chapter; Alcohol-related liver disease; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; Treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Hepatitis C; Hereditary haemochromatosis; Case study: PaulNew-onset diabetes following transplantation; Conclusion; 9: Discharging the patient with diabetes from hospital; Aims of the chapter; National Service Framework; Structured education; National programmes; Information prescription; Checklist for discharging the person with diabetes from hospital; Conclusion; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is written to give healthcare professionals a comprehensive, understandable and practical text on which to base their care to patients with diabetes whilst in hospital. It gives the conceptual hooks required to be able to understand the principles of diabetes, maintaining and achieving blood glucose control and the effective treatment of diabetes. If the book is read as a whole, a complete picture of diabetes care is provided, or, you can 'dip in and out' of the chapters relating to your specialism.