A Practical Guide to Diabetes Mellitus (7th Ed)
Bt Nihal Thomas, Nitin Kapoor, Jachin Velavan, Senthil Vasan K
Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub November 2016 | ISBN-10: 9351528537 | True PDF | 620 Pages | 17.7 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Diabetes-Mellitus/dp/9351528537
A Practical Guide to Diabetes Mellitus is the latest edition of this comprehensive, highly illustrated guide to diabetes. The book is comprised of 30 chapters, encompassing a range of practical treatments for diabetes. Beginning with an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the pancreas, subsequent chapters cover topics such as medical nutrition therapy, insulin therapy, diabetic foot, and ocular disease. This edition includes brand new chapters on obesity, wound care, the elderly and epidemiology. The chapter on insulin therapy outlines key aspects of insulin injection techniques, mixing of insulin, and sites for insulin administration. This revised and enhanced edition of A Practical Guide to Diabetes Mellitus is enhanced by 136 full colour images and illustrations, making it an ideal companion for all students and practitioners of diabetology, and general physicians.
Key Features
• An exemplary book, offering a comprehensive practical approach, for the management of diabetes in day-to-day practice for specialists, physicians, general practitioners and counsellors
• In this new edition apart from systematic revisions of all previous chapters based on the current available evidence, 6 new chapters on other evolving aspects associated with diabetes have been incorporated
• Practical examples and diagrammatic illustrations have been added wherever appropriate for better understanding and along with easy to follow algorithms
• Latest developments in the field of diabetes have been covered comprehensively
• More updated MCQs, with recent concepts have been appended at the end.
About the Authors
Nihal Thomas MBBS MD MNAMS DNB (Endo) FRACP (Endo) FRCP (Edin) FRCP (Glasg) Professor and Head, Department of Endocrinology, Vice Principal (Research), Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Nitin Kapoor MBBS MD (Med) DM (Endo) ABBM (USA) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Endo) Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Jachin Velavan MBBS DNB (Fam Med) MRCGP (Int) Coordinator, Department of Distance Medical Education, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Senthil Vasan K MBBS PhD Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
CONTENTS
1. Physiology 1
2. Introduction and overview of Glycemic Disorders 16
3. Practical Medical Nutritional Therapy 39
4. Exercise 56
5. Counseling 72
6. Oral Antidiabetic Agents 90
7. Parenteral Therapeutic Agents 113
8. Insulin Therapy—Practical Aspects 133
9. Blood Glucose Monitoring 159
10. Peripheral Neuropathy 171
11. Feet, Foot Care and Neuroarthropathy 190
12. Therapeutic Footwear 220
13. Hypertension 245
14. Nephropathy 259
15. Macrovascular Complications in Diabetes 279
16. Ocular Disease and retinopathy 296
17. Autonomic Neuropathy 314
18. Infections in Diabetes 334
19. Hyperglycemic Emergencies 354
20. Hypoglycemia 370
21. Pregnancy and Diabetes 379
22. Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence 397
23. Diabetes in the Elderly 419
24. Secondary Diabetes and other Specific Types 427
25. Perioperative Care 445
26. Obesity with Diabetes 463
27. Laboratory and Analytical Methods 477
28. Recent Advances 492
29. In-hospital Management of Diabetes 508
30. Integrating Systems 519
Final Evaluation 539
Answers to Self-Assessment 559
Appendices
1. Dietary Recommendations 573
2. A Quick Guide for Choosing Footwear, MCR Add-ons and Braces 579
3. Evidence in Medicine 580
4. Diabetes Case Record 581
5. Patient Handouts and Educational Material 585
Index 591