Provides how-to guidelines for inpatient and outpatient insulin therapy in children and adults and during pregnancy and in hyperglycemic emergencies. Evaluating strategies for the management of types 1 and 2 diabetes, this reference explores the pharmacokinetics of insulin and insulin programs as well as the latest glucose self-monitoring equipment and assessment strategies to achieve optimal glycemic control and reduce the occurrence of complications including retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, and cardiovascular disease. Describes current treatment procedures and goals of therapy for patients with diabetes mellitus as summarized by the American Diabetes Association. Insulin Therapy stresses · the need for analogs that mimic normal patterns of physiological insulin delivery · the design of individualized nutritional goals and meal plans to improve metabolic control · new approaches for insulin replacement in children and adolescents · the importance of blood glucose management for hospitalized patients · means to avoid hypoglycemia and considers · the etiology and pathogenesis of types 1 and 2 diabetes · novel methods to achieve and maintain normoglycemia throughout pregnancy · treatment of hyperglycemic emergencies such as ketoacidosis and nonketotic hyperosmolar syndrome · insulin pump therapy in children and adults Offering guidelines for the formulation of specialized patient care programs, Insulin Therapy is a much-needed guide for endocrinologists, family practice physicians, internists, pediatricians, pharmacologists, nutritionists, physiologists, dietitians, cardiologists, pathologists, epidemiologists, obesity specialists, and medical school students in these disciplines.
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The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in epidemic proportions on a worldwide basis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
insulin counterregulation, problematic hypoglycemia, insulin program, bedtime glargine, glycemia goals, target blood glucose levels, correction bolus, total daily insulin dose, total daily insulin requirement, hepatic glucose release, inhaled insulin, insulin strategy, insulin coverage, blood glucose patterns, insulin glargine, postprandial glucose levels, nocturnal hypoglycemia, hypoglycemia unawareness, regular human insulin, insulin aspart, insulin analogs, pump therapy, blood glucose goals, less hypoglycemia, insulin lispro Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Diabetes Association, United States, Prospective Diabetes Study, Arch Intern Med, Research Group, New York, Ann Intern Med, Clin Invest, Early Pregnancy Study, Diabet Med, Stockholm Diabetes Intervention Study, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Food Guide Pyramid, Mean Dur, Obstet Gynecol, Humalog Mix, Marcel Dekker, Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus, National Cholesterol Education Program, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Endocr Pract, Lilly Humulin Prefilled Pen, Recent Prog Horm Res New!
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The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in epidemic proportions on a worldwide basis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
insulin counterregulation, problematic hypoglycemia, insulin program, bedtime glargine, glycemia goals, target blood glucose levels, correction bolus, total daily insulin dose, total daily insulin requirement, hepatic glucose release, inhaled insulin, insulin strategy, insulin coverage, blood glucose patterns, insulin glargine, postprandial glucose levels, nocturnal hypoglycemia, hypoglycemia unawareness, regular human insulin, insulin aspart, insulin analogs, pump therapy, blood glucose goals, less hypoglycemia, insulin lispro Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Diabetes Association, United States, Prospective Diabetes Study, Arch Intern Med, Research Group, New York, Ann Intern Med, Clin Invest, Early Pregnancy Study, Diabet Med, Stockholm Diabetes Intervention Study, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Food Guide Pyramid, Mean Dur, Obstet Gynecol, Humalog Mix, Marcel Dekker, Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus, National Cholesterol Education Program, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Endocr Pract, Lilly Humulin Prefilled Pen, Recent Prog Horm Res New!
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- Exchange Lists for Meal Planning by Ada on page 56, and page 59
- Medical Management of Diabetes Mellitus (Inflammatory Disease and Therapy) by William T. Cefalu on page 20, and page 171
- Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Treatment by Mayer B. Davidson MD on page 82, and Back Matter
- Medical Management of Pregnancy Complicated by Diabetes (Clinical Education Series) by Lois Jovanovic on page 150
- The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss on page 82
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