Type 2 Diabetes Principles and Practice, Second Edition [Hardcover]

The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus have increased dramatically in modernized and developing nations over the past few decades. Thoroughly revised and expanded, this Second Edition responds to the epidemic and supplies a current overview and guide to the management of diabetes in the modern healthcare environment. This Second Edition offers a current perspective on diabetes demographics, epidemiology, pathophysiology, disease monitoring, and approaches to glucose control, and supplies new chapters by world-renowned experts on non-pharmacological management options, complications of the skin and urogenital function, related macrovascular conditions, coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease, and rare forms of diabetes, PCOS, and NASH.Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes. Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes. Rationale and Goals for Glucose Control in Diabetes and Glucose Monitoring. Role of the Diabetes Educator in the Management of Diabetes. Nutrition in the Etiology and Management of Type 2 Diabetes.
Exercise in Diabetes. Psychosocial Issues and Type 2 Diabetes. Insulin Secretion Enhancers: Sulfonylureas and Meglitinides. Metformin. Glucosidase Inhibitors. Thiazolidinediones.
Insulin Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes. Combination Therapy for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.
Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes. Metabolic Emergencies in Type 2 Diabetes: Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia, Ketoacidosis and Lactic Acidosis. Diabetic Retinopathy and Ocular Complications. Renal Dysfunction and Nephropathy In Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Sexual Function. Diabetic Foot - Assessment, Management and Prevention.
Gastrointestinal and Autonomic Complications of Type 2 Diabetes. Urogenital (Bladder and Sexual Dysfunction). Skin, Subcutaneous Tissues, Infections. Gestational Diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. The Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Its Vascular Complications. Obesity - Influel3È