Practical Diabetes Care

DAVID LEVY MD FRCP Formerly Consultant Physician, Barts Health NHS Trust, Whipps Cross University Hospital; The London Diabetes Centre, Marylebone, London.

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Clinical trials and organizations: abbreviations and acronyms xv

1 Classification, diagnosis and presentation 1

2 Diabetes emergencies 25

3 Infections and the diabetic foot 49

4 Eyes and kidneys 77

5 Neuropathy, musculoskeletal and skin 115

6 Diabetes and the cardiovascular system 141

7 Type 1 diabetes: glycaemic control 171

8 Type 1 diabetes: technology and transplants 197

9 Type 2 diabetes: weight loss, exercise and other ‘lifestyle’ interventions 217

10 Type 2 diabetes: glycaemic control 241

11 Hypertension 315

12 Lipids 359

13 Clinical aspects of the metabolic syndrome 387

14 Youth and emerging adulthood; old age 401

15 Psychological aspects of diabetes 425

Index 439