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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824737103321

Autore

Marengo Claudio

Titolo

Risk of disability in elderly diabetic patients / / Claudio Marengo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : SEEd, 2011

ISBN

88-97419-06-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ComoglioMarco

Disciplina

618.97/6462

618.976462

Soggetti

Diabetes in old age

Diabetes - Complications

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.

Nota di contenuto

Colophon; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Quality of Life and Functional Decline in the Elderly Diabetic Patient; 3 Vision Loss; 3.1 Diabetic Retinopathy; 3.2 Cataract; 3.3 Age-Related Macular Degeneration; 3.4 Glaucoma; 3.5 Myopia; 4 Falls in Elderly People; 4.1 Epidemiology; 4.2 Risk Factors; 4.3 Consequences of Falls; 4.4 Prevention of Falls; 5 Depression; 5.1 Aetiology and Pathogenesis; 5.2 Problems of Diagnosis; 5.3 Therapeutic Interventions; 6 Dementia and Cognitive Disorders; 6.1 Risk Factors; 6.2 Therapeutic Interventions; 7 Dyslipidaemia and Cardiovascular Risk

7.1 Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy7.2 Recommendations; 8 The Treatment of Diabetes in Elderly Subjects; 8.1 Oral Antidiabetic Drugs; 8.2 Insulins; Bibliography; Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides an overview of the most common diabetes-related complications, supporting the clinician in the management of type 2 diabetes in the elderly: from the diagnosis of each complication, to the role of the pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions