Diabetes and Its Management

Section 1: Basic Principles of Diabetes and its Biochemistry:; Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Classification; The Epidemiology of Diabetes; Secondary Diabetes, Special Syndromes and Related Endocrine Disease; Synthesis and Secretion of Insulin; Metabolic Changes in Diabetes; Aetiology and Genetics; Secton 2: Principles of Treatment:; An Overview of Management; Dietary Principles in Diabetes; Insulin Treatment; Treatment of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes; Diabetic Emergencies: Ketoacidosis, Non-Ketotic States and Management during Surgery; Hypoglycaemia; Section 3: Diabetic Complications:; An Overview of Complications; Diabetes and the Kidney; Diabetic Eye Disease; Diabetic Neuropathies; Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes; The Diabetic Foot; Section 4: Special Situations:; Diabetes, Pregnancy and Contraception; Diabetes in Children and Adolescents; Spontaneous and Reactive Hypoglycaemia; Section 5: Diabetic Care:; The Organization of Diabetic Care; Social and Legal Consequences of Diabetes; Appendix and Useful Information; General Reading List; Index