A Guide to Patient Care
This portable, practical guide to diabetes mellitus covers the entire spectrum of disease management wherever health care professionals encounter the disorder, including hospitals, clinics, and physicians' offices.
Diabetes Mellitus: A Guide to Patient Care contains:
- guidelines for the lifelong management of both acute and chronic complications
- behavioral approaches to care
- the latest pharmacologic therapies
- management plans for patients
- diabetes education
- therapeutic lifestyle changes, such as nutrition, exercise, and the latest information on treatment and self-management
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The book includes sample meal plans and food exchange lists, such as lean protein, medium-fat protein, and high-fat proteins—all with serving portion sizes.
Contents
Understanding Diabetes Mellitus
- Incidence and prevalence
- Csuses and pathophysiology
- Assessment and diagnosis
- Prevention
Treatiang Diabetes Mellitus
- Nutritional therapy
- Drug therapy
- Insulin therapy
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Management of complications
- Management of special populations and situations
- Research
- Daily care regimens
Appendices
- Patient-teaching aids
- Sample meal plans
Index
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