Using evidence-based medicine, this title addresses the prominent issues of primary care diabetes management. It provides practical solutions to the detection and treatment of diabetes, its complications and such new areas as metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes and diabetes in children. The text reviews the fundamental basis of diabetes management and then addresses treatment of each type of diabetes and the major micro- and macrovascular complications.

This Revised Second Edition uniquely focuses on advanced technologies and advanced therapeutics. Key changes include:

• Integration of incretin hormones in the basic pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes
• Incretin mimetics and potentiators
• Revised clinical decision paths with new medications and advanced insulin algorithms
• New section on continuous glucose monitoring

Staged Diabetes Management: A Systematic Approach, Second Edition, Revised presents a clear set of clinical algorithms consistent with the EASD/ADA recommended algorithms. It provides a means of applying the principles using a proven methodology and one that has been applied internationally.

Contents

Part One: staged Diabetes Management in Practice

1. Introduction to Staged Diabetes Management
2. The Implementation of Staged Diabetes Management
3. Therapeutic Principles for the Treatment of Diabetes

Part Two: The Treatment of Diabetes

4. Type 2 Diabetes
5. Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
6. Type 1 Diabetes
7. Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes

Part Three: Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Complications

8. Macrovascular Disease
9. Microvascular Complications
10. Hospitalization

Index

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