Short description
Highly Commended (Endocrinology category), BMA Awards 2005
This new volume in the popular "Your Questions Answered" series uses a question-and-answer format to provide easy access to hands-on guidance on the management of diabetes. Its succinct, practical coverage explores the latest evidence-based practice guidelines and their interpretation. Case vignettes illustrate the clinical relevance of the material.
Long description
This book, written in the popular Q and A format of the Your Questions Answered series, provides accessible, expert information for a primary care doctor or other member of the primary care team to be able to understand and treat patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Answers are presented in a succinct, readable style, with emphasis on evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge.
Review
This is certainly the best of the diabetes resource books, especially for busy GPs. It's a very well-presented book, with excellent sections very relevant to primary care. Furthermore, starting the chapters with questions allows all readers to check their current knowledge before reading the book.
BMA Awards 2005
Table of contents
- 1. Background to Diabetes 2. Natural History, Glycaemic Control and Complications 3. Clinical Presentation and Initial Management of Diabetes 4. Dietary and Lifestyle Management 5. Use of Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents 6. Insulin Treatment 7. Hypoglycaemia 8. Problems with Glycaemic Control 9. Decompensated Diabetes 10. Organisation and Delivery of Diabetes Care 11. Issues of Daily Life with Diabetes 12. Reproduction and Sexual Function 13. Macrovascular Disease and its Prevention 14. Renal Disease in Diabetes 15. Eye Disease in Diabetes 16. Neuropathy 17. Diabetic Foot and Peripheral Arterial Disease 18. Other Complications and Accompaniments of Diabetes 19. Stages of Change 20. Smoking Cessation Useful Resources References and Further Reading Glossary of Studies and Trials in Diabetes List of Patient Questions Index