1st Edition
Diabetes A Comprehensive Treatise for Patients and Care Givers
By Shamim I. Ahmad
Copyright 2014
140 Pages
by
CRC Press
140 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Diabetes: A Comprehensive Treatise for Patients and Care Givers is written with the intention of keeping readers abreast of the latest advancements, understanding, emerging trends, and technology in the field of diabetes. Several tables help to facilitate understanding of the concepts presented. Gestational diabetes, a topic commonly ignored, is also discussed in detail in a separate chapter.... Read more
Introduction
Epidemiology
Risk Factors for Diabetes
Classification of Diabetes
Glucose Production and its Control in Body
Pancreas, Its Structure and Function
Pathophysiology of Diabetes
Biochemical Factors Playing Roles in Diabetes
Environmental Factors Inducing Type 1 and Type II Diabetes
Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes
Diagnostic Criteria and Tests for Diabetes
Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
Miscellaneous Complications
Management of Diabetes
Pharmacological Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
An Overview on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Food and Diabetes
Epilogue
Special Guidance for Diabetic Patients
Appendices
Biography
Shamim I. Ahmad
