Given the increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in an ever younger age group, Type 2 diabetes will soon reach epidemic proportions. To keep pace with this increase, the clinician who treats diabetic patients needs to learn about early diagnosis to prevent organ damage, adequate control of the disease, and long-term management. In Textbook of Type 2 Diabetes, the editors and their team of distinguished contributors examine all aspects of Type 2 diabetes, from psychosocial aspects to foot ulcers and strategies for the future. The book begins with epidemiology and pathophysiology, covers disease monitoring, approaches to glucose control, monitoring, and management of micro- and macrovascular complications of diabetes. The editors highlight special situations in gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Topics include obesity and cardiovascular syndromes including insulin resistance syndrome, management of obesity, dyslipidemia, antihypertensive therapy, and cardiac and peripheral therapy in diabetes.
The chapters covering special considerations give you access to current information on managing diabetic patients during surgery and anesthesia, how type 2 diabetes can occur secondary to drugs, hormones, and other endocrinopathies. The book concludes with a look at new drugs and devices.
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Section I: Worldwide Demographics and Pathogenesis. Epidemiology and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (Type 2). Pathogenesis and prevention of Type 2 diabetes. Section II: Treatment Goals and Rationale: Non-pharmacological Management Considerations.Rationale and goals for glucose control in diabetes mellitus and glucose monitoring. Role of the diabetes educator in the management of diabetes mellitus. Nutritional management. Exercise in diabetes mellitus. Psychosocial aspects of diabetes mellitus.Section III: Pharmaceutical Treatment Guidelines and Approaches. Insulin secretion enhancers: sulfonylureas and meglitinides. Metformin. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. Thiazolidinediones. Insulin treatment in Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Combination therapiesfor Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hypoglycemia in Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Section IV: Complications. Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome (and lactic acidosis). Diabetic retinopathy and ocular complications. Renal dysfunction and nephropathy.Diabetic peripheral neuropathies. Diabetic foot ulcers and infections. Gastrointestinal and autonomic complications. Section V: Special Situations. Gestational diabetes mellitus. Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Children. Section VI: Obesity andCardiovascular Syndromes in Patients with Diabetes. The insulin resistance syndrome (Syndrome X) - including vascular abnormalities. Obesity - influence on diabetes and management. Dyslipidemia in diabetes mellitus and management of related disorders.Antihypertensive therapy in diabetes mellitus. Evaluation of patients with DM for cardiac and peripheral vascular disease. Section VII: Special Considerations. Surgery and anesthesia in diabetic patients. Geriatric considerations. Diabetes in ethnicpopulations. Diabetes mellitus secondary to drug, hormones and other endocrinopathies. Section VIII: Future Management Approaches. New devices and drugs on the horizon.
