Case Studies in Diabetes.

DESCRIPTION

Type 2 diabetes, a vascular disease and a major coronary risk factor, is increasing in the adult population. The author has therefore undertaken a presentation of the disease from a clinical standpoint, to uncover new insights and best practices. Fifty diabetologists, experts chosen by the author, profile cases that have had a crucial impact on their clinical practice. Both Types 1 and 2 diabetes cases are included, as well as other forms, such as gestational diabetes. Moving beyond theory to the real-life application of their expertise, these specialists provide the reader with a more thorough understanding of this disease, as well as incisive commentary on doctor-patient relationships.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Type 1 Diabetes.

• A Classical Case of New Diabetes Presenting with Diabetic Ketoacidosis?
• Mixed Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolarity.
• Recurrent Vomiting and Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Type 1 Diabetic Female.
• Maintaining Tight Glycemic Control During Intermittent High Dose Prednisolone Administration During Type 1 Diabetic Pregnancy.
• Postpartum Graves' Disease in a Type 1 Diabetic Woman.
• A History of Survival in a Natural Survivor.
• Type 1 Diabetes in Adolescents is Still a Dramatic Disease.

Type 1.5 Diabetes.

• Evaluating the Degree of Diabetes Control.
• Allergy to Human Insulin.
• A Case of Type 1 Diabetes Treated with CSII with Progressive Decrease of Insulin Requirement and Severe Hypoglycaemic Episodes.
• Recurrent Hypoglycemia in a Young Woman with Type 1 Diabetes.
• Frequent Hypoglycemia in a Boy with Type 1 Diabetes.
• Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 Diabetes.

• From Hyperinsulinemia in Infancy to Diabetes in Adulthood.
• Severe Obesity and Diabetes in Youth.
• How the Eyes Habituate to the Changing Appearance of the Patient: the Advantage of a Fresh Look.
• A Large Dose of Bedtime Insulin. Treatment of Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes.
• A Case of Partial Lipodystrophy.
• Severe Insulin Resistance.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

• Chronic Complications.
• A Case of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Multiple Risk Factors for IHD and Multiple Complications 1.
• A Poorly Controlled Diabetic Patient with Many Complications.
• Atypical Chest Pain in a Young Diabetic Woman: the Value of Media Education.
• High Blood Pressure with Complications.
• A Touch of Diabetes. Diabetes and Microalbuminuria: a Multi-system Disease.
• Diabetes and Dysbetalipoproteinemia.
• Type 2 Diabetes Presenting with an Itchy Rash.
• Patient with Combined Hyperlipidemia.
• Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in Pregnancy Presenting as Pancreatitis.
• A Diagnosis of Cellulitis in a Neuroischemic Foot.
• Poor Diabetic Control, Weight Loss and Pain in the Thighs.
• Diabetic Proximal Motor Neuropathy: Does It Recur?.
• A Case of Diabetic Foot Ulcer.
• Pyrexia of Unknown Origin?