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.

Preface to the sixth edition vii

Preface to the first edition ix

Acknowledgements xi

Section 1: Basic Principles of Diabetes and its Biochemistry

1 Diagnosis and classification 3

2 Epidemiology of diabetes 16

3 Synthesis secretion and actions of insulin 23

4 Metabolic changes in diabetes: a summary 33

5 Aetiology and genetics 38

Section 2: Clinical Presentation and Treatment

6 Clinical features of diabetes 49

7 Management of Type 2 diabetes 55

8 Management of Type 1 diabetes mellitus 66

9 Hypoglycaemia 79

10 Diabetic hyperglycaemic emergencies 88

11 Management of diabetes during surgery and other illnesses 95

Section 3: Special Situations

12 Pregnancy and diabetes 107

13 Diabetes in children 116

Section 4: Diabetic Complications

14 An overview of microvascular complications 125

15 Diabetes and the kidney 132

16 Diabetic eye disease 144

17 Diabetic neuropathies 152

18 The diabetic foot 166

19 Cardiovascular disease 181

20 Hypertension 190

Section 5: Diabetic Care

21 Living with diabetes 197

22 Organization of care 203

Appendices 213

Index 219

'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