Type 1 diabetes / David Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, David, 1954-

Series:

Oxford diabetes library.

Oxford diabetes library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetes.

Endocrine glands--Diseases.

Endocrine glands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Type one diabetes

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While Type 1 diabetes is still predominantly a hospital-based specialty, increasing numbers of patients are being supervised in primary care. This book emphasises both the unique nature of Type 1 diabetes and its fundamental differences from Type 2 diabetes (at least in its 'classic' form), and also draws together the common threads of management - especially in the diagnosis and treatment of microvascular complications, its common coexistence with the insulin resistance syndrome,and the importance of late-onset Type 1 diabetes in older patients. This highly practical volume in the Oxford Diab

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 Classification and aetiology; 2 Presentation and diabetic emergencies; 3 Inpatient management; 4 Insulin treatment and transplantation; 5 Microvascular complications; 6 Macrovascular complications and lipids; 7 Adolescence and emerging adulthood; 8 Psychological problems; 9 Practical matters; Appendix: resources and websites; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-174019-5

0-19-960731-1

1-283-58236-8

9786613894816

0-19-156467-2

OCLC:

801363645