The number of elderly patients with diabetes is increasing at a significant rate. Responding to this growth, this source serves as a solid arsenal of information on the varying presentations and challenges associated with diabetes in the geriatric patient, and supplies clearly written sections on the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes in elderly populations. With contributions from…
The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus have increased dramatically in modernized and developing nations over the past few decades. Thoroughly revised and expanded, this Second Edition responds to the epidemic and supplies a current overview and guide to the management of diabetes in the modern healthcare environment. This Second Edition offers a current perspective on diabetes…
Recent research in diabetes has proven type 1 diabetes is no longer stick a juvenile disease. Incidence of adult type 1 diabetes is expected to increase 40% from 1997-2010, and as our understanding of the pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes grows, it becomes apparent that some cases classified as type 2 are actually adult onset type 1 diabetes. This volume is the first to focus exclusive…