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Fast Facts: Diabetes Mellitus, 4th edn
By Ian N Scobie and
Katherine Samaras
Published 2012
128 pages, 34 illustrations
ISBN 978-1-908541-14-7
$25.00 (Our delivery cost is a flat fee of $9.00 so the more you order the better!)
This fully revised fourth edition of Fast Facts: Diabetes Mellitus provides a practical hands-on approach to the causes, clinical manifestations and treatment strategies for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- The latest research on pathogenesis, and environmental and genetic causes
- The fundamentals of clinical assessment for early detection
- Comprehensive details of available drug therapies, including insulin regimens, delivery methods and injection sites
- Simple, clear messages to give to patients about the effects of diabetes on their health
- The principles of dietary management, weight loss and physical activity
- Strategies to improve adherence to clinical recommendations
- Management of the diabetic pregnancy.
With the pursuit of good blood glucose control at its core, Fast Facts: Diabetes Mellitus is an invaluable resource for primary care physicians, specialist nurses and nurse educators, diabetes and endocrinology trainees, medical students and allied healthcare professionals such as dietitians and podiatrists. It is also an ideal up-to-date overview of current practice for specialists from other disciplines who regularly see patients with diabetes.
And one for your patients too? "The public increasingly desire being kept informed and abreast of diabetes care. I actively encourage it, since an informed and engaged patient is more easily kept within treatment targets." Dr Katherine Samaras, author.
Contents
Epidemiology; Diagnosis; Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ Other types of diabetes mellitus; Treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus; Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus Diet and physical activity; Complications and mental health considerations; Hypoglycemia; Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state; Pregnancy and diabetes
Review
'I devoured it in one reading. Very good. It gave me some extra information I didn't have.'
Newly diagnosed 48-year-old patient [On Fast Facts: Diabetes Mellitus, third edition]
The authors
Ian N Scobie
MD FRCP Consultant Endocrinologist, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent and Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK
Katherine Samaras
MBBS PHD FRACP Associate Professor, The University of New South Wales; Senior Staff Specialist, St Vincent's Hospital; Head, Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Group Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Take a look at Dr Samaras' TEDx Lecture Starve to Survive, in which she focuses on obesity as a healthcare priority and asks 'Do we have an obligation to stop people eating too much?' and 'Is it time to ban high-sugar foods?'
