Diabetes mellitus Notes

Definition, Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications

This note contains Introduction, Definition and diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus and other categories of glucose intolerance, Classification, Clinical staging of diabetes mellitus and other categories of glucose tolerance, Aetiological types, Gestational Hyperglycaemia and Diabetes, Description of aetiological types and the Metabolic Syndrome.

Author(s): Department of Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance,Geneva

65 Pages

Diabetes Mellitus Pathophysiology and Clinical Guidelines

This note covers glucose metabolism and hormonal regulation, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetes mellitus type 1, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Gestational diabetes mellitus, Pre diabetes impaird glucose homeostasis, Other specific types of diabetes, Diagnosing diabetes, Diagnosis, Glucose monitoring,  Complications of diabetes, The dental patient with diabetes, Dental intervention, Education and treatment planning, Successful intervention of diabetic emergencies, Prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Author(s): Beverly Thomassian

84 Pages

Diabetes mellitus Notes

This note covers definition, History of diabetes mellitus, Pathophysiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Types of diabetes mellitus, Risk factors, Old and new approaches to treatment, Prevention and management of diabetes complications, Life with diabetes mellitus, Statistics, Type III diabetes mellitus.

Author(s): Charles University in Prague

54 Pages

Diabetes by University of Michigan

Diabetes is a chronic health problem with devastating, yet preventable consequences. It is characterized by high blood glucose levels resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. This book describes everything about diabetes.

Author(s): University of Michigan

315 Pages

Diabetes Mellitus

This book is intended to serve as a general learning material for diabetes mellitus by the health center team. This book can also be used by other categories of health professionals. It should be kept in mind, though, that it is not a substitute for standard textbooks.

Author(s): Dereje Abebe, Yayehirad Tassachew, Jemal Adem, Nejmudin Reshad and Sintayehu Delelegn

132 Pages

Medical Complications of Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is primarily due to obesity and not enough exercise in people who are genetically predisposed. In this book we reviewed insulin secretion in both healthy individuals and in patients with type 2 diabetes. Because of the risk associated with progression from insulin resistance to diabetes and cardiovascular complications increases along a continuum, we included several chapters on the damage of endothelial cells in type 2 diabetes and genetic influences on endothelial cell dysfunction.

Author(s): Colleen Croniger

422 Pages

Type 1 Diabetes Complications, Pathogenesis and Alternative Treatments

This book is intended as an overview of recent progress in type 1 diabetes research worldwide, with a focus on different research areas relevant to this disease. These include: diabetes mellitus and complications, psychological aspects of diabetes, perspectives of diabetes pathogenesis, identification and monitoring of diabetes mellitus, and alternative treatments for diabetes.

Author(s): Chih Pin

482 Pages

Nutrition and Exercise Interventions for Diabetes (PDF 42P)

This note covers the following topics: medical nutrition therapy for diabetes, basic dietary guidelines, hypoglycemia, more information specifically for treating the patient with type2 diabetes, managing lipid abnormalities, managing blood pressure, type2 diabetes in childhood, pregnancy with preexisting diabetes, gestational diabetes, medical nutrition therapy for diabetes and pregnancy.

Author(s): Sherri Shafer RD

42 Pages