Diabetes and Its Management (eBook)

Peter J. Watkins is the author of Diabetes and Its Management, 6th Edition, published by Wiley. Stephanie Anne Amiel, FRCP is a British physician and academic, specialising in type 1 diabetes. Since 1995, she has been the R. D. Lawrence Professor of Diabetic Medicine at King's College London and a consultant at King's College Hospital.

Diabetes and its Management 1
Contents 7
Preface to the Sixth Edition 9
Preface to the First Edition 11
Acknowledgements 13
Section 1 Basic Principles of Diabetes and its Biochemistry 14
1 Diagnosis and Classification 16
2 Epidemiology of Diabetes 29
3 Synthesis, Secretion and Actions of Insulin 36
4 Metabolic Changes in Diabetes:A Summary 46
5 Aetiology and Genetics 51
Section 2 CIinicaI Presentation and Treatment 60
6 Clinical Features of Diabetes 61
7 Management of Type 2 Diabetes 67
8 Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 78
9 Hypoglycaemia 91
10 Diabetic Hyperglycaemic Emergencies 100
11 Management of Diabetes During Surgery and Other Illnesses 107
Section 3 Special Situations 117
12 Pregnancy and Diabetes 118
13 Diabetes in Children 127
Section 4 Diabetic Complications 134
14 An Overview of Microvascular Complications 135
15 Diabetes and the Kidney 142
16 Diabetic Eye Disease 154
17 Diabetic Neuropathies 166
18 The Diabetic Foot 180
19 Cardiovascular Disease 195
20 Hypertension 204
Section 5 Diabetic Care 209
21 Living with Diabetes 210
22 Organization of Care 216
Appendices 226
Index 232

'Its continued success undoubtedly rests on the authors' ability to
pack so much information and opinion on diabetes into a short
textbook format, and yet to make the subject approachable and the
book so readable.'

John Anderson Consultant Physician, Homerton Hospital
in Barts Journal in the fifth edition

'It is full of relevant information for the practising clincian,
but also includes a useful theoretical background to diabetes...
Overall, it is a very practical and stimulating book.'

Graham Leese Consultant Diabetologist, Ninewalls
Hospital and Medical School in Hospital Update on the fifth
edition