Main description:

Every nurse encounters patients with diabetes in the course of daily practice in hospital or in primary care. This portable collection of core knowledge and best practice in management of diabetes provides support for the non-specialist and a training tool / aide-memoire for the trainee / returner. The pocket reference provides a brief introduction to the main clinical features of diabetes, followed by overviews of daily management and self care, acute care, and continuing care and complications. Key transient issues for the diabetic patient are covered: steroid therapy, surgery, fasting, pregnancy and travel. All sections are fully referenced to enable further study of each topic covered. The authors have comprehensively updated the book to reflect latest developments, eg: emphasis on patient self-care; new therapeutic approaches; current views on blood glucose monitoring. Includes HbA1c conversion chart between DCCT and IFCC units.

Contents:

CLINICAL POCKET REFERENCE: DIABETES 2nd Edition ISBN 9780954306564 CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1.1 What is diabetes mellitus 1.2 Types of diabetes mellitus 1.3 Diagnosis of diabetes 1.4 Common symptoms of diabetes 1.5 Type 1 and Type 2 compared 2. Daily management 2.1 Supporting self-care 2.1.1. Self-management tasks in Type 2 diabetes 2.2 Emotions and diabetes 2.2.1 Diabetes distress/burnout 2.2.2 Depression and diabetes 2.3 Medications for people who have diabetes 2.3.1 Oral hypoglycaemic agents 2.3.2 Injected therapies 2.3.3 Subcutaneous insulin 2.4 Common insulin regimens 2.4.1 Continuous subcutaneous infusion of insulin (CSII or pump therapy) 2.4.2 Practical considerations 2.5 Lifestyle 2.5.1 Dietary advice - basic principles 2.5.2 Hospitalised patients and their diets 2.5.3 Alcohol 2.5.4 Promoting activity 2.5.6 Smoking cessation 2.6 Driving 15 2.7 Employment issues 2.8 Tips for effective blood glucose monitoring 3. Acute care 3.1 Diabetic ketoacidosis 3.2 Hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma 3.3 Lactic acidosis 3.4 Hypoglycaemia 3.4.1 Hypoglycaemic treatment flowchart 3.5 Diabetes and acute myocardial infarction 3.6 Sepsis and wound control in diabetes 4. Continuing care 4.1 Long-term complications of diabetes 4.2 Chronic disease management of diabetes 4.3 Assessment of blood glucose control 4.4 Diabetic complications - vascular and neuropathic 4.5 Microvascular complications 4.5.1 Diabetic retinopathy 4.5.2 Diabetic nephropathy 4.5.3 Diabetic neuropathy 4.6 Macrovascular complications 4.7 Complications of the foot 4.8 Diabetic erectile dysfunction (impotence) 5. Transient issues 5.1 Illness and insulin requirements 5.2 Steroid therapy 5.3 Fasting and surgery 5.4 Fasting and religion 5.5 Diabetes and pregnancy 5.6 Diabetes and travel - basic principles 6. Abbreviations 7. Further reading and sources of information