FAQs in Diabetes

FAQs in Diabetes comprehensively covers all aspects of diabetes in a question and answer format.

Divided into 20 chapters, the book begins with an overview of the condition, followed by aetiology and pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Further chapters cover screening and diagnosis, incretin and insulin, various patient types, and related conditions including diabetes mellitus, neuropathy, nephropathy, ocular complications, cardiovascular disease and diabetic foot.

The final chapter features discussion on advances in diabetes management, making FAQs in Diabetes an up-to-date resource for students and diabetologists in practice.

Key Points

• Covers all aspects of diabetes in a question and answer format
• Questions and answers on screening and diagnosis, therapies, patient types, and associated conditions
• Final chapter on advances in diabetes management

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Diabetes: An Overview
2. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Pathogenesis
3. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Pathogenesis
4. Screening and Diagnosis
5. Non-pharmacological Management of Diabetes
6. Pharmacotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
7. Incretin-based Therapies
8. Insulin
9. Diabetes and Pregnancy
10. Diabetes in Older Adults
11. Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence
12. Acute Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
13. Diabetic Neuropathy
14. Diabetic Nephropathy
15. Ocular Complications in Diabetes
16. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
17. Diabetic Foot
18. Common Co-morbidities Associated with Diabetes
19. Prevention of Diabetes
20. Advances in Diabetes Management

Rajeev Chawla MD FACP (USA) FRCP (UK)
Senior Consultant Diabetologist, Director, North Delhi Diabetes Centre, New Delhi, India

Aastha Chawla MBBS
Fellow Diabetes, North Delhi Diabetes Centre, New Delhi, India