Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes - 7th Edition by Cecilia C Low Wang & Avni C Shah (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is a complex disorder that requires a great deal of patient-guided self-care. In recent years, advances in diabetes treatment have dramatically shifted potential outcomes in the favor of the patient with diabetes. The challenge for health care professionals is to realize this potential through an individualized, flexible, and responsive treatment plan for patients with type 1 diabetes.

Now in its seventh edition, Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes offers health care providers the newest information and guidelines for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Built on the foundation of multiple daily insulin injections and insulin pump therapy, this book guides health care providers in helping their patients continually strive for optimal blood glucose control. This new edition focuses on the latest molecular advances, new treatment methods, recent clinical trials, and the American Diabetes Association's Standards of Care. Key topics also include new insulins and administration protocols, advanced carbohydrate counting, and emphasis on continuing patient education.

Individual sections address all of the topics in managing type 1 diabetes, including diagnosis and classification/pathogenesis, diabetes standards and education, tools of therapy, special situations, psychosocial factors affecting adherence, quality of life, and well-being and complications. Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes is an essential addition to any clinician's library for the treatment and understanding of type 1 diabetes.

About the Author

Cecilia C. Low Wang, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine. She directs the inpatient Glucose Management Team at the University of Colorado Hospital, sees outpatients in the University of Colorado Endocrine Practice, and attends on both the inpatient Endocrine consult service at the University of Colorado Hospital and the VA Medical Center, and the inpatient medical service at the University of Colorado Hospital. She is the Associate Director for the Fellowship and Education in the Endocrinology Division.

Avni C. Shah, MD is Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes at Stanford University's School of Medicine. Her clinical research is in pediatric endocrinology with a focus on diabetes.