Practical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals
- 2nd Edition - April 17, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Sora Ludwig
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 0 8 2 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 0 8 3 - 4
Practical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals, Second Edition, helps healthcare professionals get up-to-speed on type 2 diabetes care. Type 2 diabetes is multiface… Read more
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Request a sales quotePractical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals, Second Edition, helps healthcare professionals get up-to-speed on type 2 diabetes care. Type 2 diabetes is multifaceted, affecting a person’s daily life, family and workplace. Beyond the usual health impact, diabetes may also carry significant psychological burdens. Successful care means whole [person] care which can be daunting for an individual healthcare provider. The complete assessment of people with diabetes must include a review of diabetes medications, blood glucose levels, nutritional intake, physical activity, and stress. Also important is a review of possible micro- and macrovascular complications.
This practical guide translates research and evidence-based recommendations into everyday clinical practice, with the goal of helping all members of the healthcare team more effectively manage their diabetic patients.
- Provides detailed, real-life case scenarios that illustrate the principles outlined in each chapter
- Includes separate chapters for specific diabetes-related complications
- Devotes a new chapter to the concept of the Diabetes Health Care Team and its impact on diabetes care
- Expands on the importance of lifestyle approaches, including a key discussion on the emotional aspects of managing a long-term chronic disease
- Provides a comprehensive, yet succinct, review of diabetes that includes details on medication choice, dosages, advancements and technological accomplishments
Primary care professionals including primary care physicians, diabetes educators, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, and undergraduate and post graduate medical trainees in family practice, internal medicine and obstetrics
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Author Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Diabetes primer
- Organization of diabetes care
- The diabetes healthcare team
- Shared care
- Reminder and recall systems
- Living with diabetes
- Diabetes care in the office
- Introduction
- Type 1 versus type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes screening
- Diagnosis of diabetes
- Diagnosis of prediabetes
- Management of prediabetes
- Diagnosis of metabolic syndrome of insulin resistance
- Diabetes: clinical assessment
- Monitoring diabetes
- Diabetes care: glycemic management
- The fundamentals: lifestyle
- Skills
- Glycated hemoglobin
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes: where to start?
- Management of type 2 diabetes: antihyperglycemic agents
- Management of type 2 diabetes: general approaches
- Management of type 1 or type 2 diabetes: insulin
- Hypoglycemia management
- Case studies
- Diabetes and technology
- Introduction
- Self-monitoring of blood glucose
- Blood glucose meters
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- Flash glucose monitoring
- Insulin pumps
- Chronic complications of diabetes: assessment and management
- Microvascular complications
- Macrovascular complications
- Emerging therapies for diabetes and cardiovascular disease
- Case study
- Acute complications of diabetes: assessment and management
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Case study
- Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic state
- Case study
- Hypoglycemia
- Sick day rules
- Diabetes in the elderly
- Introduction
- The diabetes healthcare team
- Antihyperglycemic agents in the elderly
- Renal function and antihyperglycemic agents
- Antihyperglycemic agents and acute illness
- Antihyperglycemic agent combinations in the elderly
- Hypoglycemia management
- Diabetes complications in the elderly
- Quality of life
- Case study
- Pregnancy and diabetes
- Gestational diabetes mellitus
- Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: two-step screening
- Diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus
- Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: one-step screening
- Management of gestational diabetes mellitus
- Postpartum follow-up
- Case study
- Pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy: type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- Preconception planning checklist
- Management of pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy
- Postpartum management
- Case study
- Diabetes care in the hospital
- Introduction
- Just say no to the sliding scale
- Acute illness and antihyperglycemic agents
- Diabetes in the emergency room
- Case study
- Diabetes on the medical ward
- Case study
- Case study
- Case study
- Diabetes on the surgical ward
- Case study
- Discharge planning
- Appendix 1
- Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: April 17, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 196
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128200827
- eBook ISBN: 9780128200834
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Sora Ludwig
Dr. Sora Ludwig has been a practicing endocrinologist for more than 20 years, specializing in the long-term care of people with type 2 diabetes. She has been actively involved in the development of the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Clinical Practice Guidelines since 1998.
A Professor at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Ludwig has taught medical students, physicians in post-graduate training programs, family physicians in practice, and allied health care professionals, including diabetes educators, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and social workers.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaRead Practical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals on ScienceDirect