Difficult Diabetes (eBook)

Geoffrey Gill is Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

DIAGNOSTIC AND SCREENING ISSUES.

1. Do we know how to diagnose diabetes and do we need to screen
for the disease?.

2. Does IGT really exist, and if so what should be done about
it?.

3. Is gestational diabetes important, and worth screening
for?.

4. What should we do about microalbuminuria?.

MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN TYPE 2 DIABETES.

5. Is obesity realistically treatable in type 2 diabetes?.

6. What are the options for oral agents treatment in type 2
diabetes?.

7. Should insulin be used in obese type 2 diabetes?.

8. Is the management of diabetic foot ulceration evidence
based?.

MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN TYPE 1 DIABETES.

9. Is even moderate control of diabetes in adolescence
feasible?.

10. Does brittle diabetes exist?.

11. How should hypoglycaemia unawareness be managed?.

12. Is multiple injection therapy (MIT) the treatment of choice
in type 1 diabetes?.

13. Is insulin pump treatment ever justifiable?.

14. Is there a role for sole transplantation of the pancreas in
type 1 diabetes?.

OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES.

15. Should there be employment restrictions for diabetic
patients?.

16. How should erectile dysfunction in diabetes be managed?.

17. How should hypertension be managed in diabetes?

"This multiauthor book, which has 17 chapters on many aspects of diabetes care, is mainly well written and topical. The chapter on erectile dysfunction will be especially valuable as a resource to some since it basks in the post-Viagra era. Diabetes physicians and diabetes specialist nurses will find this a reflective read capable of changing their attitudes and clinical practice." BMJ.com