A practical guide to diabetes mellitus

• Other Authors: Thomas, Nihal (Editor), Jeyaraman, Kanakamani (Editor), Velavan, Jachin (Editor), Senthil Vasan K. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2018
• Edition: EIGHTH EDITION
• Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus > physiology; Diabetes Mellitus > diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus > therapy
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: xxviii, 688 pages illustrations (black and white, and colour) 25 cm
• ISBN: 9789352701650; 9352701658

This new edition provides clinicians and trainees with the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus. Beginning with an overview of physiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and classification, the next chapters discuss related issues such as nutrition, exercise and counselling. The following sections cover different aspects of the disease including emergency situations, therapeutic agents, and associated disorders including retinopathy, stroke, liver disease, and neuropathy. The final chapters examine diabetes in specific demographic groups such as in pregnancy, obesity, in the elderly and in childhood and adolescence. The eighth edition has been fully revised and includes new topics including new anti-diabetic drugs, recent clinical trials, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The book is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, tables and boxes, and each chapter concludes with MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) with answers, for self-assessment