Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition(Endocrinology)Judges' summary:"Beautifully and clearly written to appeal to all levelsof healthcare professional knowledge. A wealth of practicalexperience is freely donated to the reader in a friendly andaccessible way. Each section is easily found and any member of theteam could care for a patient with that particular problem to ahigh standard with this book in their hand. I would unhesitatinglyrecommend to all diabetes doctors - both senior and junior,and every diabetes unit should have a copy. This new edition isexcellent and should be considered for an award."Diabetes and its Management, Sixth Edition, continues toprovide a practical clinical guide to the management of patientswith diabetes. The author team has been expanded and now alsoincludes a Nurse Practitioner specialising in diabetes to providethe nursing perspective. It is a concise manual that distils theessential recent developments into practical advice.

Preface to the sixth edition viiPreface to the first edition ixAcknowledgements xiSection 1: Basic Principles of Diabetes and its Biochemistry1 Diagnosis and classification 32 Epidemiology of diabetes 163 Synthesis secretion and actions of insulin 234 Metabolic changes in diabetes: a summary 335 Aetiology and genetics 38Section 2: Clinical Presentation and Treatment6 Clinical features of diabetes 497 Management of Type 2 diabetes 558 Management of Type 1 diabetes mellitus 669 Hypoglycaemia 7910 Diabetic hyperglycaemic emergencies 8811 Management of diabetes during surgery and other illnesses 95Section 3: Special Situations12 Pregnancy and diabetes 10713 Diabetes in children 116Section 4: Diabetic Complications14 An overview of microvascular complications 12515 Diabetes and the kidney 13216 Diabetic eye disease 14417 Diabetic neuropathies 15218 The diabetic foot 16619 Cardiovascular disease 18120 Hypertension 190Section 5: Diabetic Care21 Living with diabetes 19722 Organization of care 203Appendices 213Index 219