Diabetes management in primary care /
by Jeff Unger.
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.
- xii, 706 pages. : illustrations.
Includes index.
Introduction to diabetes -- Diagnosing and managing the metabolic syndrome -- Polycystic ovary syndrome -- Managing type 2 diabetes in adults -- Physiologic insulin replacement therapy -- Insulin pump therapy -- Assessing glycemic control using home blood glucose monitoring, continuous glucose sensing, and glycated hemoglobin (A1C) testing -- Management of diabetes in pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence -- Lifestyle interventions for patients with diabetes -- In-patient management of patients with diabetes -- Screening, diagnosis, and management of diabetes-related complications -- Amylin, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, and dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors as novel treatments for diabetes -- Managing mental illness in patients with diabetes.