Diabetic emergencies : diagnosis and clinical management / Nicholas Katsilambros [and others].

The book explores both the clinical presentation of serious diabetic emergencies (like ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma, and severe hyper and hypoglycemia) that consultants and hospital staff encounter in practice and the best methods of both managing the emergencies and also administering follow-up...

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Other Authors: Katsilambros, Nicholas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults / Nikolaos Tentolouris, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Childhood and Adolescence / Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein
  • Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia / Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Hypoglycemia caused by Insulin / Stavros Liatis, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Hypoglycemia caused by Insulin Secretagogues / Nikolaos Tentolouris, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Lactic Acidosis in Diabetes / Nikolaos Tentolouris, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Management of Hyperglycemia in the Hospital / Stavros Liatis, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Sick-Day Rules in Diabetes / Konstantinos Makrilakis, Nikolaos Katsilambros
  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Answers to Multiple Choice Questions
  • Index.
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis in childhood and adolescence
  • Hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia caused by insulin
  • Hypoglycemia caused by insulin secretagogues
  • Lactic acidosis in diabetes
  • Management of hyperglycemia in the hospital
  • Sick day rules in diabetes.