Diabetes Epidemiology, Genetics, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment

This book provides the reader with comprehensive information on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical features, prevention, and treatment of diabetes with the aim of empowering health care providers in their daily battle against the disease. Diabetes has been identified...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Endocrinology,
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ISBN:9783319450155
ISSN:2510-1927
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Overview of glucose homeostasis
  • Insulin signaling and biological effects
  • Diagnostic criteria and classification
  • Epidemiology and risk factors of type 1 diabetes
  • Epidemiology and risk factors of type 2 diabetes
  • Genetics
  • Pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes
  • Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
  • Monogenic diabetes
  • Methods to assess in vivo insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity
  • Diabetes screening and prediabetes
  • Metabolic follow-up and home blood glucose monitoring
  • Glycemic targets and prevention of chronic complications
  • Prevention of type 1 diabetes
  • Prevention of type 2 diabetes
  • Patient education and empowerment
  • Prevention of type 1 diabetes
  • Prevention of type 2 diabetes
  • Patient education and empowerment
  • Treatment of diabetes with life style changes
  • Treatment with oral drugs
  • Treatment with GLP-1 receptor agonists
  • Insulin treatment
  • Insulin pumps
  • Islet cell or pancreas transplantation
  • Metabolic surgery.