Evidence-based paediatric and adolescent diabetes.

9781405152921

Evidence-based paediatric and adolescent diabetes.

Ed. by Jeremy Allgrove et al.

Blackwell Publishing

2007

242 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

RJ420

Although laboratory and clinical research is brisk in pediatric and juvenile diabetes, science has little to offer by way of prevention or cure. However, these 14 articles show researchers are making progress in understanding the causes, course and complications of all types of diabetes as well as recommendations for approaches and therapies. With an introduction to evidence-based medicine, topics include definitions, epidemiology, classifications, the structure of the diabetes team, actions and characteristics of Type 1 diabetes and its management, Type 1 in a very young child, social and clinical aspects of diabetes in adolescents, management of special situations, dietary management, education, psychological interventions, screening for associated conditions and prevention of complications, management of Type 2 (including polycystic ovarian syndrome), rare forms of diabetes and contributions from information technology.

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