Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
1 online resource (100 pages) |
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text file |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Diabetes in old age.
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Diabetes in old age. |
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Diabetes -- Complications.
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Diabetes -- Complications. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Comoglio, Marco, author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Marengo, Claudio. Risk of Disability in Elderly Diabetic Patients. Torino : SEEd Srl, ©2011 9788897419105 |
ISBN |
9788897419068 (electronic book) |
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8897419062 (electronic book) |
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