Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook - A Guide for Primary Care Providers -- Second Edition

Written by Richard S. Beaser, M.D., and the staff of Joslin Diabetes Center, Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook -- A Guide for Primary Care Providers, Second Edition, is a comprehensive resource that covers all the essential topics in the care and management of diabetes patients. The goal of the Deskbook is to give the primary care provider the necessary background information about the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and its complications, as well as the most up to date approaches to the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients with diabetes. 

 

Topics of value to primary care providers included are: diagnosis; oral medications and their use singly or in combination; designing insulin treatment programs, including programs involving intensive physiologic insulin replacement by injections and insulin pump therapy; the role of medical nutritional therapy and exercise; risk reduction and treatment of microvascular and macrovascular complications; dealing with gender-specific issues; and educating diabetes patients so they can participate in the management of their condition

Unique features include:

• A 35-page Medication Summaries section which describes each of the oral medications, including their brand name, indications, potential for hypoglycemia, adverse effects, dosege, drug interactions, contraindications and advice to patients
• Guides for Specific Insulin Regimens
• Guidelines for Insulin Adjustment
• Insulin Adjustment Guidelines for Exercise
• Checklist for Initiation, Design and Revision of a Diabetes Self-Monitoring Program
• Patient Nutrition Assessment
• Checklist for Diabetes Medical History/Physical  Exam/Laboratory Assessment
• Checklist for the Evaluation of a Woman with Diabetes Who Wishes to Become Pregnant
• Intensive Insulin Therapy Algorithm

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Item#: JDC 610

Price: $59.95