Diabetes management in primary care / / Jeff Unger ; edited by Zac Schwartz

• Autore: Unger Jeff (Physician)
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2013]; ©2013
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (609 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.4/62
• Soggetto topico: Diabetes - Treatment; Diabetics - Rehabilitation; Primary care (Medicine)
• Altri autori: SchwartzZac
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to diabetes -- Prediabetes -- Lifestyle interventions for patients with diabetes -- Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of microvascular complications: Part 1, diabetic neuropathy -- Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of microvascular complications: Part 2, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic retinopathy -- Exploring the association between diabetes and cardiovascular disease -- Associated disorders of interest to primary care -- Co-managing mental illness in patients with diabetes -- Diagnosis and management of T2DM -- Type 1 diabetes mellitus in adults -- Insulin initiation and intensification for patients with type 2 diabetes -- Insulin pumping and use of continuous glucose sensors in primary care -- Addressing cultural competency in diabetes care.
• Sommario/riassunto: Diabetes Management in Primary Care, 2nd Edition serves as an evidence-based guide for primary care physicians, residents, and medical students in managing patients with diabetes. This text covers all aspects of outpatient care for adults and adolescents with diabetes. You'll find comprehensive coverage of the latest therapeutic, behavioral, and surgical options to successfully manage diabetic patients within the primary care setting. Diabetes Management in Primary Care is based upon patient centered strategies and customized care. Whether the patient has prediabetes or advanced long-term complications such as retinopathy or chronic kidney disease, providers of all specialties and all levels of care will gain insight into safe, effective and rationale intensification of one's care. Complex co-existing disorders such as cancer, severe clinical obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, severe insulin resistance, hypoglycemia awareness autonomic failure, steroid induced hyperglycemia and sleep disorders are discussed in vibrant detail. Diabetes Management in Primary Care is the first medical text book to address many of the topics listed below. One of the most anticipated chapters discusses the importance of incorporating cultural diversity into one's treatment plan. New to this edition: \u00b7 Access to the companion website that includes the fully searchable text for quick reference \u00b7 ADA/IDF screening algorithms included to allow for faster determinations \u00b7 Discussion of new agents for Type II diabetes to keep you updated on the most recent therapies available, including new long acting basal insulin and incretin mimetics and drugs in the R and D pipeline. \u00b7 Questions that patients want answered including: \u201cWhen will diabetes be cured?\u201d \u00b7 Examination of the relationship between obesity, sleep disorder and diabetes \u00b7; Detailed discussion of the relationship between cancer and diabetes \u00b7 The importance of becoming a culturally diverse clinician \u00b7 The politics of diabetes management in the US \u00b7 Updated guidelines for the diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome \u00b7 Useful forms to streamline and document practice including: patient history, physical exam, complication surveillance, laboratory tests, and diabetes patient education.
• Titolo autorizzato: Diabetes management in primary care
• ISBN: 1-4511-7841-7; 1-4511-7842-5; 1-4698-2747-6; 1-4698-7402-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811505503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II