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About this book
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease affecting a large percentage of the population world-wide. In the UK alone there are over 1.4 million people diagnosed with diabetes, a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is made every five minutes, and as many as a million people are suspected to have the condition without knowing it. As many as one in ten patients in hospital have diabetes and diabetes accounts for almost a tenth of NHS spending, largely due to the high costs of complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, stroke, and amputation which all require specialist nursing care.
This manual is an essential guide to the care and management of people with diabetes mellitus, aimed at nurses and healthcare professionals, and written by an experienced clinical nurse specialist with extensive knowledge of evidence-based diabetes care. This revised and updated second edition of Care of People with Diabetes serves as an essential companion to clinical practice with a particular emphasis on the acute care setting.
Detailed information is included on the underlying pathophysiology and types of diabetes, assessment and management of diabetes, formulating care plans, and patient instruction. New chapters are included on sexual health, older people, and complementary therapies and the chapter on special circumstances has been substantially revised. Important new information is also included on corticosteroids, brittle diabetes, autonomic neuropathy, teeth, gums and haemochromatosis.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Example Forms and Instruction Sheets
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations and Symbols
- 1 Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes
- 2 Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis
- 3 Documenting and Charting Patient Care
- 4 Monitoring Diabetes Mellitus
- 5 Nutritional Aspects of Caring for People with Diabetes
- 6 Oral Hypoglycaemia and Lipid Lowering Agents
- 7 Insulin Therapy
- 8 Hypoglycaemia
- 9 Stabilisation of Diabetes
- 10 Hyperglycaemia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), Hyperosmolar Coma and Lactic Acidosis
- 11 Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
- 12 Management During Surgical Procedures
- 13 Care During Investigative Procedures
- 14 Special Situations and Unusual Conditions Related to Diabetes
- 15 Diabetes and Eye Disease
- 16 Diabetes and Renal Disease
- 17 Diabetes and Sexual Health
- 18 Diabetes in the Older Person
- 19 Foot Care
- 20 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
- 21 Diabetes in Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes
- 22 Psychological and Quality of Life Issues Related to Having Diabetes
- 23 Diabetes Education
- 24 Discharge Planning
- 25 District Nursing and Home-based Care
- 26 Complementary Therapies and Diabetes
- 27 Nursing Care in the Emergency and Outpatient Departments
- Appendix A: Associations Providing Services for People with Diabetes
- Appendix B: Diabetes Reference Material for Nursing Staff
- Appendix C: Reading Material for People with Diabetes
- Index