Full Description
The Year in Diabetes 2003 presents selected articles from major scientific journals within the specialty. The editors provide expert comment on recently published management guidelines and the findings of newly-completed trials, placing the published literature in a clinical context. Special sections on Diabetes and Pregnancy, and co-existing disorders such as Obesity and Dyslipidaemia enhance this volume's usefulness to physicians who encounter diabetes in their daily clinical practice. Ever-changing and increasingly complex issues demand much of the contemporary diabetologist. It doesn't take long for state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures, information on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of complications to become yesterday's news. The Year in Diabetes 2003 contains a wide range of recent and emerging research that shed light on the diabetic condition and lead to improvements in the clinical care of patients.
Contents
DIABETES AND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES. Clinical Practice Recommendations of the American Diabetes Association 2001. CLINICAL TRIALS. Ongoing Trials. NEW EMERGENT CONCEPTS IN TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS. Current Situation of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. COMPLICATIONS. Chronic Complications of Diabetes and Endothelial Dysfunction. INSULIN RESISTANCE: TYPE 2 DIABETES AND OBESITY. Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk. Diabetes and Obesity. PREGNANCY. Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy. RESEARCH. Basic Research in Diabetes. List of abbreviations. Index of papers reviewed. General Index.
