Diabetes in Hospital A Practical Approach for Healthcare Professionals

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ISBN: 9780470723548 | 0470723548
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/4/2009

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This book is written to give healthcare professionals a comprehensive, understandable and practical text on which to base their care to patients with diabetes whilst in hospital. It gives the conceptual hooks required to be able to understand the principles of diabetes, maintaining and achieving blood glucose control and the effective treatment of diabetes. If the book is read as a whole, a complete picture of diabetes care is provided, or, you can 'dip in and out' of the chapters relating to your specialism.

Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Understanding diabetes	p. 1
Aims of the chapter	p. 1
What is diabetes?	p. 1
History of diabetes and insulin	p. 2
Anatomy and physiology in the absence of diabetes	p. 3
Insulin	p. 4
Glucagon	p. 8
Classification of diabetes	p. 9
Type 1 diabetes	p. 11
Type 2 diabetes	p. 14
Signs and symptoms of diabetes	p. 20
Making a diagnosis	p. 22
Conclusion	p. 23
Treating diabetes effectively	p. 24
Aims of the chapter	p. 24
Insulin therapy	p. 25
Case study: Charlotte	p. 36
Case study: David	p. 48
Conclusion	p. 49
Further information	p. 50
Management and treatment of acute diabetes complications in Accident and Emergency	p. 51
Aims of the chapter	p. 51
Hyperglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis	p. 51
Case study: Pippa	p. 54
Hypoglycaemia	p. 61
Case study: Jerry	p. 63
Conclusion	p. 70
Diabetes in the medical ward	p. 71
Aims of the chapter	p. 71
Diabetic neuropathy	p. 71
Peripheral vascular disease	p. 75
Treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers	p. 77
Case study: Malcolm	p. 80
Conclusion	p. 91
Diabetes and the surgical patient	p. 93
Aims of the chapter	p. 93
Risk of surgery	p. 94
Case study: Julie	p. 95
Surgery in different types of diabetes	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 113
Diabetes in coronary care	p. 115
Aims of the chapter	p. 115
Metabolic syndrome	p. 116
Central obesity	p. 118
Inflammatory defects	p. 120
Dyslipidaemia	p. 120
Hyperglycaemia	p. 121
Case study: Maggie	p. 122
Conclusion	p. 134
Management of diabetes in the renal unit	p. 135
Aims of the chapter	p. 135
Anatomy and physiology of the normal functioning kidney	p. 136
Diabetic nephropathy	p. 139
Diabetic nephropahty and cardiovascular disease	p. 142
Hypertension	p. 143
Case study: Winston	p. 144
Conclusion	p. 155
Diabetes and liver disease	p. 156
Aims of the chapter	p. 156
Alcohol-related liver disease	p. 157
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	p. 158
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis	p. 158
Treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	p. 159
Hepatitis C	p. 163
Hereditary haemochromatosis	p. 163
Case study: Paul	p. 166
New-onset diabetes following transplantation	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 172
Discharging the patient with diabetes from hospital	p. 173
Aims of the chapter	p. 173
National Service Framework	p. 175
Structured education	p. 182
National programmes	p. 184
Information prescription	p. 188
Checklist for discharging the person with diabetes from hospital	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 191
References	p. 192
Index	p. 207
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