The world is witnessing an increase in new cases of diabetes, in both the developed and the developing nations, of near epidemic proportion. This ubiquitous condition will have an ever-increasing impact on all aspects of medicine and public health. It follows that all practicing physicians must seek to gain at least a basic knowledge and understanding of this important global health problem that is so closely linked to the increasing prevalence of obesity.
Diabetes is the paradigm of a condition that necessitates a multidisciplinary approach to its management and treatment. Primary care physicians, hospital physicians, surgeons, nurses, dieticians, psychologists, podiatrists and ophthalmologists are all drawn into this process. In addition, medical students and postgraduate doctors need to learn about diabetes and its protean manifestations.
The third edition of this book continues to build on the previous two editions in providing a clinical and scientific background to the diagnosis, clinical presentations and treatment of diabetes mellitus with a further aim of portraying the wide and varied expressions of diabetes and its complications as an aid to their more ready recognition in clinical practice. It also aims to illustrate the breathtaking developments that are taking place in the field of new therapies for diabetes.
This Atlas should, therefore, be of interest to all those who are involved in the provision of diabetic health care and should provide some insight into the fruits of the explosion of basic science and clinical research that has been conducted in an attempt to further our understanding of diabetes and to care better for our diabetic patients.
Contents
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
- Definition of Diabetes
- Diagnosis of Diabetes
- Classification of Diabetes
- Epidemiology of Diabetes
- Bibliography
2. Pathogenesis
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Other Types of Diabetes
- the Obesity Epidemic
- Prevention of Diabetes
- Bibliography
3. Treatment
- Dietary Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Dietary Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Insulin Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Role of Education
- Assessment of Glycemic Control
- Drug and Insulin Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Islet Cell and Pancreatic Transplantation
- Bibliography
4. Treatment of children and adolescents with diabetes
5. Diabetes and surgery
- Type 2 Diabetes Not on Insulin Therapy
- Patients on Insulin Therapy
6. Acute complications of diabetes
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Non-ketoacidotic Coma
- Bibliography
7. Chronic complications of diabetes
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Major Vascular Disease
- Hypertension
- the Diabetic Foot
- Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes
- Non-alcoholic Steatohepatosis
- the Skin in Diabetes
- Rarer Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus
- Bibliography
8. Diabetic dyslipidemia
9. Diabetes and pregnancy
10. Living with diabetes
11. Future developments in diabetes
Index
9. Diabetes and pregnancy
10. Living with diabetes
11. Future developments in diabetes
Index
Book Review
The third edition of Ian Scobie’s Atlas of Diabetes Mellitus, building on the success of the two previous editions, goes a long way towards making this task easier and remains a testimonial to the fact that a picture is indeed worth at least a thousand words. This Atlas begins with a brief overview of the diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes with special reference to the complications of diabetes and the treatment of children and adolescents. Specific chapters cover diabetic dyslipidemia, diabetes and pregnancy and what it is like to live with this chronic condition. These, and other sections, set the stage for the multitude of highly informative illustrations which follow. Most specialists in diabetes have seen real-life examples of the disease processes presented in this book but some may be very unfamiliar to the generalist.
Many excellent and comprehensive textbooks of diabetes are available, but I am unaware of any other illustrated text with the scope and breadth of Dr Scobie’s Atlas of Diabetes Mellitus. I have no doubt that both my students and I will continue to find this book useful for many years to come. I suspect that those of you who choose to add this excellent Atlas to your library will find that you will also share my enthusiasm for this delightful book.
Many excellent and comprehensive textbooks of diabetes are available, but I am unaware of any other illustrated text with the scope and breadth of Dr Scobie’s Atlas of Diabetes Mellitus. I have no doubt that both my students and I will continue to find this book useful for many years to come. I suspect that those of you who choose to add this excellent Atlas to your library will find that you will also share my enthusiasm for this delightful book.
- Robert A. Rizza MD, Rochester, MN -
Product Details
- Hardcover: 136 pages
- Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 3 edition (October 27, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0415376491
- ISBN-13: 978-0415376495
- Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
List Price: $149.95