Introduction -- Pathogenesis and clinical description of diabetic nephropathy -- Type 2 diabetes: description and epidemiology -- Type 1 diabetes: immunology, genetics and epidemiology -- Diabetic nephropathy: epidemiology and clinical description -- Inherited susceptibility to diabetic nephropathy -- Factors influencing the progression of diabetic nephropathy -- Therapeutic measures in patients with diabetic nephropathy -- Treatment of diabetic nephropathy: the role of strict glucose control -- Treatment of diabetic nephropathy: antihypertensive treatment -- Treatment of diabetic nephropathy: low-protein diet -- Treatment of diabetic nephropathy: control of serum lipids -- Diabetic nephropathy: treatment of cardiac complications -- Treatment of diabetic nephropathy: electrolyte and acid-base disturbances -- Novel approaches to the treatment of diabetic nephropathy -- Summary of the management of the patient with diabetic nephropathy: mild to moderate renal involvement -- Treatment of patients with advanced renal involvement -- Pregnancy and therapeutic measures in the patient with diabetic nephropathy -- Use of dialysis in the treatment of diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease -- Treatment of diabetic retinopathy in the patient with diabetic retinopathy -- Treatment of the diabetic foot and peripheral vascular disease in patients with diabetic nephropathy -- Practical aspects of nutritional management of patients with diabetic renal disease -- Use of transplantation in the treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease -- Summary of the therapeutic approach to the patient with diabetic nephropathy.
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This book describes the development of diabetes mellitus and provides basic information on diabetes, diabetic nephropathy and some other complications and at the same time provides data on recent therapeutic trials and accepted therapeutic regimens. The subject matter should be of interest to general practitioners, family physicians, internal physicians, endocrinologists and nephrologists, as well as nurses and dieticians involved in the care of diabetic patients.