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Author Marengo, Claudio, author.

Title Risk of disability in elderly diabetic patients / Claudio Marengo, Marco Comoglio.

Publication Info. Torino : SEEd Srl, 2011.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (100 pages)
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Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of Life and Functional Decline in the Elderly Diabetic Patient -- 3. Vision Loss -- 3.1. Diabetic Retinopathy -- 3.2. Cataract -- 3.3. Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- 3.4. Glaucoma -- 3.5. Myopia -- 4. Falls in Elderly People -- 4.1. Epidemiology -- 4.2. Risk Factors -- 4.3. Consequences of Falls -- 4.4. Prevention of Falls -- 5. Depression -- 5.1. Aetiology and Pathogenesis -- 5.2. Problems of Diagnosis -- 5.3. Therapeutic Interventions -- 6. Dementia and Cognitive Disorders -- 6.1. Risk Factors -- 6.2. Therapeutic Interventions -- 7. Dyslipidaemia and Cardiovascular Risk -- 7.1. Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy -- 7.2. Recommendations -- 8. The Treatment of Diabetes in Elderly Subjects -- 8.1. Oral Antidiabetic Drugs -- 8.2. Insulins -- Bibliography -- Authors.
Summary The book provides an overview of the most common diabetes-related complications, supporting the clinician in the management of type 2 diabetes in the elderly: from the diagnosis of each complication, to the role of the pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
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Subject Diabetes in old age.
Diabetes in old age.
Diabetes -- Complications.
Diabetes -- Complications.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Comoglio, Marco, author.
Other Form: Print version: Marengo, Claudio. Risk of Disability in Elderly Diabetic Patients. Torino : SEEd Srl, ©2011 9788897419105
ISBN 9788897419068 (electronic book)
8897419062 (electronic book)