Diabetes Management in Primary Care, 2nd Edition serves as an evidence-based guide for primary care physicians, residents, and medical students in managing patients with diabetes. This text covers all aspects of outpatient care for adults and adolescents with diabetes. You'll find comprehensive coverage of the latest therapeutic, behavioral, and surgical options to successfully manage diabetic patients within the primary care setting.

Diabetes Management in Primary Care is based upon patient centered strategies and customized care. Whether the patient has prediabetes or advanced long-term complications such as retinopathy or chronic kidney disease, providers of all specialties and all levels of care will gain insight into safe, effective and rationale intensification of one's care. Complex co-existing disorders such as cancer, severe clinical obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, severe insulin resistance, hypoglycemia awareness autonomic failure, steroid induced hyperglycemia and sleep disorders are discussed in vibrant detail. Diabetes Management in Primary Care is the first medical text book to address many of the topics listed below. One of the most anticipated chapters discusses the importance of incorporating cultural diversity into one's treatment plan.

New to this edition:

Access to the companion website that includes the fully searchable text for quick reference
ADA/IDF screening algorithms included to allow for faster determinations
Discussion of new agents for Type II diabetes to keep you updated on the most recent therapies available, including new long acting basal insulin and incretin mimetics and drugs in the R and D pipeline.
Questions that patients want answered including: When will diabetes be cured?
Examination of the relationship between obesity, sleep disorder and diabetes
Detailed discussion of the relationship between cancer and diabetes
The importance of becoming a culturally diverse clinician
The politics of diabetes management in the US
Updated guidelines for the diagnosis and management of polycystic ovary syndrome
Useful forms to streamline and document practice including: patient history, physical exam, complication surveillance, laboratory tests, and diabetes patient education
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction to Diabetes 2. Prediabetes 3. Lifestyle Interventions for Patients with Diabetes 4. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 5. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Microvascular Complications - Part 1: Diabetic Neuropathy 6. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Microvascular Complications - Part 2: Diabetic Nephropathy and Diabetic Retinopathy 7. Exploring the Association between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease 8. Comanaging Disorders Commonly Associated With Diabetes 9. Comanaging Mental Illness in Patients with Diabetes 10. Diagnosis and Management of T2DM 11. T1DM in Adults 12. Insulin  Initiation and Intensification for Patients with T2DM 13. Insulin Pumping and Use of Continuous Glucose Sensors in Primary Care 14. Addressing Cultural Competency in Diabetes Care