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Mosby's color atlas and text of diabetes and endocrinology / Paul Belchetz, Peter J. Hammond.
Holman Biotech Commons RC660 .B45 2003
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Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RC660 .B45 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Belchetz, P. E. (Paul Ernest)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Endocrinology.
- Diabetes.
- Endocrine System Diseases.
- Diabetes Mellitus.
- Medical Subjects:
- Endocrine System Diseases.
- Diabetes Mellitus.
- Genre:
- Atlases.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 419 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Color atlas and text of diabetes and endocrinology
- Diabetes and endocrinology
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; New York : Mosby, 2003.
- Summary:
- Mosby's Color Atlas and Text of Diabetes and Endocrinology is a unique and highly visual guide to diabetes and endocrinology, combining superb full-color photographs, diagnostic images and explanatory diagrams with concisely written, clinically focused text, to provide the ultimate illustrated textbook of diabetes and endocrinology. Use this comprehensive guide for easy assimilation of the core information on diagnosis and treatment of the full range of diabetic and endocrine conditions you are likely to see in practice. Ideal for house officers, residents and diabetic nurses, Mosby's Color Atlas and Text of Diabetes and Endocrinology will also be an invaluable source of information for medical students.
- Contents:
- 1 Diabetes - Introduction 1
- 2 Clinical Presentation of Diabetes 5
- Clinical classification 5
- Diagnostic criteria 6
- Epidemiology 8
- Pathophysiology 9
- Clinical presentation 20
- 3 Living with Diabetes 23
- Diet 23
- Exercise 26
- Sexual function 27
- Employment 32
- Travel 33
- Insurance 35
- 4 Management of Diabetes 37
- Drug therapy 37
- Management 45
- Organization of diabetes care 52
- 5 Complications of Diabetes 55
- Pathophysiology 57
- Management 57
- 6 Acute Diabetic Complications 59
- Diabetic ketoacidosis 59
- Hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome 67
- Lactic acidosis 68
- Hypoglycaemia 69
- 7 Macrovascular Diseases and Hypertension in Diabetes 77
- Epidemiology and pathophysiology 77
- Hypertension 78
- Hyperlipidaemia 83
- Ischaemic heart disease 85
- Peripheral vascular disease 88
- 8 Diabetic Eye Disease 89
- Epidemiology 89
- Pathophysiology 89
- Clinical features 91
- Management 95
- Other eye complications 99
- 9 Diabetic Nephropathy 101
- Epidemiology 101
- Pathophysiology 102
- Clinical features 103
- Management 105
- 10 Skin and Soft Tissue Problems in Diabetes 109
- Skin diseases associated with diabetes 109
- Other connective tissue disorders 113
- Infectious diseases in diabetes 113
- 11 Diabetic Neuropathy 117
- Diffuse symmetrical sensorimotor neuropathy 118
- Acute neuropathies 125
- Pressure palsies 126
- Neuropathic pain 126
- Autonomic neuropathy 127
- Charcot neuroarthropathy 131
- The diabetic foot 132
- 12 Diabetes in Special Groups 141
- Children and adolescents 141
- Pregnancy 143
- Surgery 148
- Elderly care 148
- Ethnic groups 150
- Prison 150
- 13 Endocrinology - Introduction 151
- Regulation of hormones 151
- Endocrine and other systems of cell regulation 154
- Cellular regulation by hormones 158
- Nuclear action of hormones 159
- A practical approach to clinical investigation 160
- 14 Endocrine Emergencies 165
- Pathophysiological mechanisms 165
- Acute clinical emergencies 167
- Organ/system-related disorders and their management 167
- 15 Hypothalamo-Pituitary Disorders 177
- Pathogenesis and pathology 181
- Investigation and diagnosis 183
- Clinical features 193
- Management 209
- 16 Endocrinological Problems in Children and Adolescents 219
- Pathogenesis and pathology 222
- Investigation and diagnosis 226
- Clinical features and management 229
- 17 Thyroid Disorders 231
- Epidemiology 231
- Pathology and aetiology 231
- Investigation and diagnosis 236
- Clinical features and management 242
- 18 Adrenal Disorders 265
- Pathogenesis and pathology 268
- Investigation and diagnosis 272
- Clinical features and management 279
- 19 Reproductive Endocrinology 297
- Pathogenesis and pathology 307
- Investigation and diagnosis 311
- Clinical features and management 314
- 20 Calcium Disorders and Metabolic Bone Diseases 329
- Pathogenesis and pathology 333
- Investigation and diagnosis 342
- Clinical features and management 345
- 21 Hypoglycaemia 367
- Pathogenesis and pathology 367
- Investigation and diagnosis 368
- Clinical features and management 370
- 22 Gastrointestinal Hormones 373
- Pathophysiology 373
- Clinical features and investigation 375
- Management 378
- 23 Plurihormonal, Genetic and Ectopic Hormone Syndromes 381
- Pathogenesis and pathology 381
- Investigation and diagnosis 385
- Clinical features and management 387
- 24 Obesity 397
- Pathophysiology 398
- Clinical features and investigation 401
- Management 403.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0723431043
- OCLC:
- 51937086
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