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Davidson's Diabetes Mellitus,

Edition 5

Editors: By Mayer B. Davidson, MD, Anne Peters Harmel, MD and Ruchi Mathur, MD

Publication Date: 23 Dec 2003

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Davidson's Diabetes Mellitus provides the most current information for the clinical care of patients with diabetes. The fifth edition has been significantly revised to reflect the rapidly expanding body of knowledge on the treatment of diabetes. The new edition has been expanded to include chapters on medical nutrition therapy, insulin resistance and macrovascular disease, and diabetes in children. The new edition also includes findings from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study and updates on treatment options, including newer insulin analogs, recently approved medications, and combination therapies.

Key Features

Medical Nutrition Therapy
Macrovascular Complications in the Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes in Management in Children and Adolescents
Study design, findings, and clinical implications of the United Kingdom
Prospective Diabetes Study trial
new medications with descriptions and explanations of their clinical use
combination therapy, particularly in type 2 diabetes

New Features

Addresses contemporary concerns such as sexual function and psychological implications.
Provides step-by-step guidance to the management of diabetic patients and their concerns from travel to hygiene to weight control.
Provides worksheets & handouts making it a comprehensive guide for patient education.
Completely updated list of diabetic resources

About the author

By Mayer B. Davidson, MD, Associate Director, Clinical Diabetes, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Anne Peters Harmel, MD, Director, USC Westside Center for Diabetes, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA and Ruchi Mathur, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

1. Diagnosis, Classification and Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus
2. Treatment: General Principles
3. Nutrition and Physical Activity in Diabetes
4. Oral Antidiabetic Agents
5. Insulin Therapy
6. Hyperglycemic and Hypoglycemic Emergencies
7. Complications of Diabetes Mellitus: Primary Care Implications
8. Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome: The Emerging Role of Insulin Resistance
9. Office Management of the Diabetic Patient
10. Diabetes Management in Children and Adolescents
11. Diabetes Self-Management Education

Appendix

ISBN: 9780721695969

Page Count: 496

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