Main description:

This is a must read book created with the idea of what is important for the physicians who take care of patients with diabetes. It is a practical and comprehensive manual without unnecessary research details. Each chapter is comprehensively written by authorities from across the world with extensive clinical experience. Pictures, tables, flow diagrams and bullet points make its reading simple and direct.

Contents:

1. Diabetes: Diagnosis and Classification

2. Type 2 Diabetes: Pathogenesis

3. Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Oral Agents

4. Monitoring Glycemic Control: Focus on Alternate Markers of Glycemia

5. Insulin Pump Therapy

6. Diabetes in Older Adults

7. Diabetic Retinopathy

8. Diabetic Kidney Disease

9. The Diabetic Foot

10. Peripheral Vascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases

11. Diabetes Mellitus and Infection

12. Hypertension and Diabetes

13. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Diabetes

14. Gastrointestinal Complications of Diabetes Mellitus

15. Diabetes and Pregnancy

16. Skin Lesions in Diabetes

17. Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Index