Revised edition of: Textbook of type 2 diabetes. c2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes -- Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes -- Rationale and goals for glucose control in diabetes mellitus and glucose monitoring -- The role of the diabetes educator in the education and management of diabetes mellitus -- Nutrition in the etiology and management of type 2 diabetes -- Diabetes and exercise -- Psychosocial issues and type 2 diabetes -- Oral hypoglycemic agents: sulfonylureas and meglitinides -- Metformin -- Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors -- Thiazolidinediones -- Treatment strategies for type 2 diabetes based on incretin action -- Pramlintide acetate in the treatment of type 2 diabetes -- Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes -- Combination therapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes -- Hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes -- Diabetic coma: current therapy of diabetic ketoacidosis and non-ketoacidotic hyperosmolar coma -- Diabetic retinopathy and ocular complications -- Renal dysfunction and hypertension -- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy and sexual dysfunction -- Diabetic foot ulcers -- Gastrointestinal and autonomic complications of diabetes mellitus -- Gestrointestinal diabetes -- Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents -- Insulin resistance syndrome and its vascular complications -- Obesity: influence on diabetes and management -- Dyslipidemia and diabetes -- Hypertension and diabetes: need for combination therapy -- The evaluation of cardiac and peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes mellitus -- Acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stable coronary artery disease-specific considerations in diabetes -- Anesthesia and surgery in the diabetic patient -- Type 2 diabetes: geriatric considerations -- Diabetes in high-risk ethnic populations -- Drug-induced hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus -- MODY: lessons from monogenetic diabetes forms -- Polycystic ovary syndrome and the metabolic syndrome -- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes mellitus -- Future management approaches: new devices on the horizon for glucose monitoring and medication delivery.
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Given the increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in an ever younger age group, there is a need for earlier diagnosis so as to prevent organ damage, adequate control of the disease, and long-term management. This book examines all aspects of Type 2 diabetes.