A Practical Guide to Diabetes Mellitus

<p>This new edition provides clinicians and trainees with the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus.</p> <p>Beginning with an overview of physiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and classification, the next chapters discuss related issues such as nutrition, exercise and counselling.</p> <p>The following sections cover different aspects of the disease including emergency situations, therapeutic agents, and associated disorders including retinopathy, stroke, liver disease, and neuropathy.</p> <p>The final chapters examine diabetes in specific demographic groups such as in pregnancy, obesity, in the elderly and in childhood and adolescence.</p> <p>The eighth edition has been fully revised and includes new topics including new anti-diabetic drugs, recent clinical trials, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.</p> <p>The book is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, tables and boxes, and each chapter concludes with MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) with answers, for self-assessment.</p> <p>Key points</p> <ul> <li>Eighth edition presenting latest advances in diagnosis and management of diabetes</li> <li>Fully revised, with many new topics added</li> <li>Features MCQs with answers for self-assessment</li> <li>Previous edition (9789351528531) published in 2015</li> </ul>