Diabetes Mellitus in Women

Adolescence Through Pregnancy and Menopause
Diabetes Mellitus in Women 9780781738613
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Publication Date: Apr 21, 2004
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Written by recognized experts, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the primary care of women with diabetes, both during pregnancy and at other stages of the life cycle. The book provides much-needed information on the best drug treatment options and on dietary management, patient education, genetics, perinatal counseling, diabetes prevention, and long-term care of complications.

Coverage includes detailed guidelines on management of gestational diabetes and obstetric complications and on prenatal diagnosis of abnormal fetal growth and congenital malformations. Other chapters address diabetes care for adolescents, menopause in diabetic women, and diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and coronary heart disease.

Features

--Treatment options
--Dietary management guidelines
--Patient education
--Effects of genetics
--Prevention
--Perinatal Counseling
--Diabetes care of Adolescent Women
--Expert contributors

About the Author(s)

  • E. A Reece MD
  • The Abraham Roth Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Reproductive Sciences at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA


  • Steven G Gabbe MD
  • Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Specs

  • Product Format: Hardbound
  • ISBN: 9780781738613
  • Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
  • Pages: 437
  • Pub Date: Apr 21, 2004
  • Weight: 3.0

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Table of contents

  1. Diabetes in Woman: A Historical Perspective
  2. Epidemiology and Genetics of Diabetes
  3. General Clinical Management of Uncomplicated Diabetes
  4. Diabetes Care for the Adolescent
  5. Diabetes Education, Genetics, and Perinatal Counseling
  6. Prepregnancy Care
  7. Long-Term Diabetes Care of Medical Complications and Diabetes Prevention
  8. Menopause and Diabetes Care
  9. Carbohydrate, Lipid, and Amino Acid Metabolism in the Nonpregnant Woman
  10. Metabolic Changes During Normal and Diabetic Pregnancies
  11. The Placenta
  12. The Biology of Normal and Abnormal Fetal Growth and Development
  13. Congenital Malformations: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Experimental Methods of Induction and Prevention
  14. Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality
  15. Testing for Gestational Diabetes
  16. Management of Gestational Diabetes
  17. Interaction Between Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes, and Long-Term Maternal Outcome
  18. Glucose Evaluation and Control
  19. Medical Therapy
  20. Dietary Management
  21. Exercise in Normal and Diabetic Pregnancies
  22. Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Malformations
  23. Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of Abnormal Fetal Growth
  24. Fetal Biophysical and Biochemical Assessment
  25. Ketoacidosis
  26. Obstetric Complications
  27. Hypertension and Preeclampsia
  28. Diabetic Retinopathy
  29. Diabetic Nephropathy
  30. Diabetic Neuropathy and Coronary Heart Disease
  31. Delivery: Timing, Mode, and Management
  32. Postpartum Management, Lactation, and Contraception
  33. Neonatal Outcome and Care
  34. Long-Term Outcome of Infants of Diabetic Mothers