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Paul Finucane, Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Flinders University, Daw Park, Australia
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Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS.
Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Regulation in Old Age: The Scale of the Problem (P. Finucane & P. Popplewell).
Pathophysiology of Diabetes in the Elderly (G. Meneilly).
Establishing the Diagnosis (P. Ho & J. Turtle).
Screening and Treatment Strategies for Diabetes Complications in the Elderly (L. Sorenson & D. Yue).
COMPLICATIONS.
Metabolic Decompensation (S. Croxson).
The Diabetic Foot (M. Young & A. Boulton).
Erectile Dysfunction (A.Vinik & D. Richardson).
Mortality and its Predictors in Type 2 Diabetes (M. Muggeo, et al.).
Visual Loss (A. Butcher & P. Dodson).
Hypoglycaemia (V. McAulay & B. Frier).
TREATMENT AND CARE ISSUES.
Issues in the Initial Managemenmt of Type 2 Diabetes (A. Sinclair).
Insulin Therapy (T. Hendra).
Managing Surgery in the Elderly Diabetic Patient (G. Gill & S. Benbow).
Metabolic Risk Factors and their Treatment (H. Kamel & J. Morley).
Drug Therapy: Current and Emerging Agents (J. Chehade & A. Mooradian).
Rehabilitation (P. Finucane & M. Crotty).
Approaching Primary Care (K. Reenders).
Diabetes in Care Homes (A. Sinclair & R. Gadsby).
Modern Perspectives and Recent Advances (C. Turnbull & A. Sinclair).
Index.
