Diabetes in Old Age

Alan J. Sinclair, Diabetes Research Unit, Academic Department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, The University of Birmingham, UK Paul Finucane, Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Flinders University, Daw Park, Australia

Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS. Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Regulation in Old Age: The Scale of the Problem (P. Finucane & P. Popplewell). Pathophysiology of Diabetes in the Elderly (G. Meneilly). Establishing the Diagnosis (P. Ho & J. Turtle). Screening and Treatment Strategies for Diabetes Complications in the Elderly (L. Sorenson & D. Yue). COMPLICATIONS. Metabolic Decompensation (S. Croxson). The Diabetic Foot (M. Young & A. Boulton). Erectile Dysfunction (A.Vinik & D. Richardson). Mortality and its Predictors in Type 2 Diabetes (M. Muggeo, et al.). Visual Loss (A. Butcher & P. Dodson). Hypoglycaemia (V. McAulay & B. Frier). TREATMENT AND CARE ISSUES. Issues in the Initial Managemenmt of Type 2 Diabetes (A. Sinclair). Insulin Therapy (T. Hendra). Managing Surgery in the Elderly Diabetic Patient (G. Gill & S. Benbow). Metabolic Risk Factors and their Treatment (H. Kamel & J. Morley). Drug Therapy: Current and Emerging Agents (J. Chehade & A. Mooradian). Rehabilitation (P. Finucane & M. Crotty). Approaching Primary Care (K. Reenders). Diabetes in Care Homes (A. Sinclair & R. Gadsby). Modern Perspectives and Recent Advances (C. Turnbull & A. Sinclair). Index.