coronary risk factor, is increasing in the adult population. The author has therefore undertaken a presentation of the disease from a clinical standpoint, to uncover new insights and best practices. Fifty diabetologists, experts chosen by the author, profile cases that have had a crucial impact on their clinical practice. Both Types 1 and 2 diabetes cases are included, as well as other forms, such as gestational diabetes. Moving beyond theory to the real-life application of their expertise, these specialists provide the reader with a
more thorough understanding of this disease, as well as incisive commentary on doctor-patient relationships.
By:
D John Betteridge Edited by:
John Betteridge Imprint: CRC Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 498g ISBN:9781841840321 ISBN 10: 1841840327 Pages: 224 Publication Date:15 May 2003 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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A / AS level
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Type 1 Diabetes1. A Classical Case of New Diabetes Presenting with Diabetic Ketoacidosis? 2. Mixed Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolarity 3. Recurrent Vomiting and Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Type 1 Diabetic Female 4. Maintaining Tight Glycaemic Control During Intermittent High Dose Prednisolone Administration During Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancy 5. Postpartum Graves' Disease in a Type 1 Diabetic Woman 6. A History of Survival in a Natural Survivor 7. Type 1 Diabetes in Adolescents is Still a Dramatic Disease 8. Type 1.5 Diabetes 9. Evaluating the Degree of Diabetes Control 10. Allergy to Human Insulin 11. A Case of Type 1 Diabetes Treated with CSII with Progressive Decrease of Insulin Requirement and Severe Hypoglycaemic Episodes 12. Recurrent Hypoglycaemia in a Young Woman with Type 1 Diabetes 13. Frequent Hypoglycaemia in a Boy with Type 1 Diabetes 14. Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes?Type 2 Diabetes15. From Hyperinsulinaemia in Infancy to Diabetes in Adulthood 16. Severe Obesity and Diabetes in Youth 17. How the Eyes Habituate to the Changing Appearance of the Patient: the Advantage of a Fresh Look 18. A Large Dose of Bedtime Insulin 19. Treatment of Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes 20. A Case of Partial Lipodystrophy 21. Severe Insulin Resistance 22. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Chronic Complications28. A Case of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Multiple Risk Factors for IHD and Multiple Complications 1 29. A Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient with Many Complications 30. Atypical Chest Pain in a Young Diabetic Woman: the Value of Media Education 31. High Blood Pressure with Complications 32. A Touch of Diabetes 33. Diabetes and Microalbuminuria: a Multi-system Disease 34. Diabetes and Dysbetalipoproteinaemia 35. Type 2 Diabetes Presenting with an Itchy Rash 36. Patient with Combined Hyperlipidaemia 37. Severe Hypertriglyceridaemia in Pregnancy Presenting as Pancreatitis 38. A Diagnosis of Cellulitis in a Neuroischaemic Foot 39. Poor Diabetic Control, Weight Loss and Pain
[BSc MB BS PhD MD FRCP] - Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the Division of Medicine