جزییات کتاب
Clinical Dilemmas in Diabetes provides evidence-based clinical guidance on the most common and problematic areas of concern encountered in diagnosing, treating and managing patients with diabetes. Each chapter is highly topical and has been selected due to current interest, specific recent developments, and areas of controversy. This valuable guide provides assistance in managing the life-long treatment of diabetes and the complications that often develop in patients. Clinical Dilemmas in Diabetes guides the medical team in their decision-making, particularly when there are conflicts in the treatment for the disease and the complications. Part of the Clinical Dilemmas series, the well-focused chapter structure allows for quick retrieval of information, and each opens with a “Learning Points” box to aid easy assimilation of the main issues. With a leading team of contributors and editors, Professor Robert A. Rizza is the immediate Past-President of the American Diabetes Association. This book is perfect for use on the wards and clinics as well as for self-study by diabetologists, diabetes specialist nurses, endocrinologists, GPs and cardiologists.Content: Chapter 1 Is Prediabetes a Risk Factor or is it a Disease? (pages 1–10): Kalpana Muthusamy and Adrian VellaChapter 2 Early Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes: Useful or a Phyrrhic Victory? (pages 11–21): Chiara Guglielmi and Paolo PozzilliChapter 3 How should Secondary Causes of Diabetes be Excluded? (pages 22–33): Aonghus O'Loughlin and Sean F. DinneenChapter 4 Screening Patients with Prediabetes and Diabetes for Cardiovascular Disease (pages 34–40): Deepika S. Reddy and Vivian FonsecaChapter 5 What is the Role of Self?Monitoring in Diabetes? Is there a Role for Postprandial Glucose Monitoring? How does Continuous Glucose Monitoring Integrate into Clinical Practice? (pages 41–55): Rami Almokayyad and Robert CuddihyChapter 6 The Optimal Diet for Diabetes is? (pages 56–63): Maria L. Collazo?ClavellChapter 7 How to Determine when to Pursue Lifestyle Change Alone Versus Pharmacotherapy at Diagnosis? (pages 64–70): Galina Smushkin and F. John ServiceChapter 8 Insulin Sensitizers Versus Secretagogues as First?Line Therapy for Diabetes: Rationale for Clinical Choice (pages 71–78): Robert J. Richards, L. Yvonne Melendez?Ramirez and William T. CefaluChapter 9 Are Insulin Sensitizers Useful Additions to Insulin Therapy? (pages 79–90): John W. Richard and Philip RaskinChapter 10 Is there a Role for Incretin?Based Therapy in Combination with Insulin? (pages 91–95): Matheni Sathananthan and Adrian VellaChapter 11 HbA1c: Is it the Most Important Therapeutic Target in outPatient Management of Diabetes? (pages 96–104): Steven A. SmithChapter 12 Primary Therapy for Obesity as the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes (pages 105–115): Manpreet S. Mundi and Michael D. JensenChapter 13 Are Statins the Optimal Therapy for Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Diabetes? Are Triglycerides an Important Independent Risk Factor for Diabetes? (pages 116–126): Michael O'Reilly and Timothy O'BrienChapter 14 The Role of Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients with Diabetes: Primary or Rescue Therapy? (pages 127–133): Praveena Gandikota and Blandine Laferr‘ereChapter 15 Hyperglycemia should be Avoided in Critical Illness and the Postoperative Period (pages 134–144): Kalpana Muthusamy and John M. MilesChapter 16 Is there an Optimal Revascularization Strategy in Diabetic Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease? (pages 145–152): Stephen H. Mckellar, Morgan L. Brown and Robert L. Frye