Insulin Therapy Current Concepts

This book is a useful review of current concepts in the use of insulin therapy for the management of diabetes.

Beginning with discussion on the history of insulin therapy and associated physiology, the following chapters examine different types of insulin, and its delivery and uses for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. A complete chapter is dedicated to analogue insulin, a sub-group of human insulin, which is laboratory grown but genetically altered to create either a more rapid acting or more uniformly acting form of the insulin (Diabetes.co.uk).

The final chapter covers adverse effects of insulin therapy and a detailed appendices section discusses storage of insulin, and injection sites and techniques.

Key points

• Presents current concepts in use of insulin therapy for management of diabetes
• Complete chapter dedicated to insulin analogues
• Detailed appendices section examines storage of insulin and injection administration
• Highly experienced author team

• History of Insulin therapy
• Physiology of glucose homeostasis and insulin secretion
• Insulin types and pharmacokinetics
• Insulin analogues: Current use and future directions
• Advances in Insulin delievery devices
• Insulin therapy in type 1 diabetes
• Insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes
• Treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar  state
• Insulin management of hospitalized patients
• Insulin therapy in special situations
• Adverse Effects  of insulin therapy
• Appendix 1: Storage of Insulin
• Appendix 2: Insulin injection sites
• Appendix 3: Injection techniques, needle reuse, and disposal

Ambrish Mithal
Chairman, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Ganesh Jevalikar
Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Pankaj Shah
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinologist Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA