Diabetes in Old Age

PART I: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. 1. Pathophysiology of diabetes in the elderly ( Graydon S. Meneilly ). 2 Diabetes-related risk factors in older people ( Stephen Colagiuri and Daniel Davies ). PART II: SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS. 3. Diabetes in the elderly; diagnosis, testing and screening ( Simon Croxson ). PART III: VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS. 4. Peripheral arterial disease in old people with diabetes ( Leocadio R. Manas, Cristina A. Bouzon and Marta C. Rodriquez ). 5. Coronary heart disease ( Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz ). 6. Stroke and diabetes ( Janice E. O'Connell and Christopher S. Gray ). 7. Diabetes-related renal disease in older people ( M Latana A. Munang and John M, Starr ). 8. Management of eye disease and visual loss ( Nina Tumosa ). 9. The diabetic foot ( Andrew J. M. Boulton and Matthew J. Young ). 10. Diabetic neuropathy ( Solomon Tesfaye ). 11. Erectile dysfunction ( Tamas Varkonyi and Peter Kempler ). PART IV: TREATMENT AND CARE ISSUES. 12. Metabolic risk factors, obesity and cardiometabolic syndrome ( Giuseppe Paolisso and Raffaele Marfella ). 13. Perspectives on diabetes care in old age: a focus on frailty ( Andrej Zeyfang and Jeremy D. Walston ). 14. Metabolic decompensation in the elderly ( Giuseppe Paolisso and Michelangela Barbieri ). 15. Nutritional perspectives: diabetes in older people ( Begona Molina and Alan J. Sinclair ). 16. Early management of type 2 diabetes ( Alan J. Sinclair ). 17. Drug therapy: current and emerging agents for hyperglycaemia ( Joe M. Chehade and Arshag D.Mooradian ). 18. Insulin therapy ( Marg McGill and Dennis Yue ). 19. Treatment of hypertension ( Peter Fasching ). 20. Treatment of dyslipidaemia ( Peter Fasching ). 21. Hypoglycaemia ( Vincent McAulay and Brian M. Frier ). 22. Diabetes in care homes ( Alan J. Sinclair and Terry Aspray ). 23. Primary and community care of diabetes in older people ( Roger Gadsby ). 24. Diabetes care in special circumstances ( Jay Chillala, and Gurch Randhawa ). 25. Managing surgery in the elderly diabetic patient ( Geoffrey Gill and Susan Benbow ). PART V: MANAGEMENT OF ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS. 26. The implications of the evolving diabetes epidemic for disability in older adults ( Edward W. Gregg and Linda Geiss ). 27. Diabetes and cognitive dysfunction ( Alan J. Sinclair and Koula G. Asimakopoulou ). 28. Depression and diabetes in older adults ( Arie Nouwen and Jan R. Oyebode ). 29. Falls and diabetes ( Christine C. Cigolle and Caroline S. Blaum ). PART VI: OPTIMIZING DIABETES CARE IN OLDER PEOPLE. 30. The role of specialist nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team ( Carolin D. Taylor and Timothy J. Hendra ). 31. Diabetes education in the elderly ( Charles Fox and Anne Kilvert ). 32. Supporting the family and informal carers ( Antony Bayer and Alan J. Sinclair ). 33. Diabetes mellitus care models for older people ( Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson and John E. Morley ). 34. Further Initiatives to Enhance Diabetes Care in Older People ( Alan J. Sinclair ).