Diabetes

Preface to Diabetiic Complications. Foreword to Diabetic Complications. Preface to the Current Edition. List of Contributors. 1. Diabetes and the Eye (Kevin Shotliff and Grant Duncan). 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Epidemiology of diabetic retinopathy 1.3 Retinal anatomy. 1.4 Classification/clinical and histological features of diabetic retinopathy. 2. Diabetes and the Kidney (Richard J. MacIsaac and Gerald F. Watts). 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Normal renal structure and function. 2.3 Stages in the development of diabetic renal disease. 2.4 Prevalence and significance of microalbuminuria. 2.5 Screening for diabetic renal disease. 2.6 Initiators and promoters of diabetic renal disease. 2.7 Renal morphology and diabetic nephropathy. 2.8 Prevention and treatment of diabetic renal disease. 2.9 Summary and conclusions. 3. Diabetes and Foot Disease (Darryl Meeking, Emma Holland and Deborah Land). 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Diabetic foot ulceration. 3.3 Charcot foot. 3.4 The organization of foot care. 3.5 Conclusion. 4. Diabetes and Autonomic Neuropathy (Andres MacLeod). 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Causative factors. 4.3 Tests of autonomic function. 4.4 Prevalence. 4.5 Screening for autonomic neuropathy. 4.6 Clinical syndromes. 4.7 Conclusion. 5. Diabetes and Sexual Health (Michael H. Cummings). 5.1 Male erectile dysfunction. 5.2 Aetiology. 5.3 Assessment of the diabetic male with ED. 5.4 Discussion and counselling. 5.5 Management of ED in the diabetic male. 5.6 Conclusions. 5.7 Sexual dysfunction in the female with diabetes. 6. Diabetes and the Heart (Miles Fisher and K.M. Shaw). 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Nature of the problem. 6.3 Primary prevention of heart disease in diabetes. 6.4 Management of heart disease in diabetes. 6.5 Secondary prevention of heart disease in diabetes. 6.6 Conclusions. 7. Diabetes and the Brain (Iain Cranston). 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Cerebrovascular disease and diabetes. 7.3 Primary prevention of stroke in diabetes. 7.4 Secondary stroke prevention. 7.5 Management of acute stroke in diabetic patients. 7.6 Diabetes and cognitive function. 7.7 Summary. 8. Diabetes and the Gastrointestinal System (Charles Murray and Anton Emmanuel). 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Epidemiology. 8.3 Pathophysiology of GI dysfunction. 8.4 Oesophageal complications. 8.5 Stomach complications. 8.6 Small intestine. 8.7 Colon. 8.8 Anorectal function. 8.9 Pancreatic. 8.10 Hepatobiliary. 8.11 Biliary disorders. 8.12 Diabetic diarrhoea. 8.13 Conclusion. 9. Diabetes and Musculoskeletal Disease (D.L. Browne and F.C. McCrae). 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 Pathophysiology. 9.3 Musculoskeletal conditions associated with diabetes. 9.4 Upper limb diabetic complications. 9.5 Generalized conditions involving the skeletal system in diabetes. 9.6 Functional disability in diabetic patients. 9.7 Conclusion. 10. Diabetes and the Skin (Adam Haworth). 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Necrobiotic disorders. 10.3 Necrobiosis lipoidica. 10.4 Acanthosis nigricans. 10.5 Eruptive xanthomata. 10.6 Diabetic thick skin. 10.7 Diabetic dermopathy. 10.8 Bullosis diabeticorum. 10.9 Infections. 10.10 Perforating disorders. 10.11 Glucagonoma syndrome. 10.12 Vitiligo. 10.13 Dermatological definitions. 10.14 Dermatological therapies. Index.