Optimizing Diabetes Care for the Practitioner

This portable, practical, and affordable handbook provides pointofcare endocrinologists, primary care physicians, pediatricians, and nurse practitioners with specific guidelines for daytoday management of the diabetes patient. The book covers both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and presents succinct and current recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention and management of complications.The authors describe practical approaches to pharmacological therapy and optimal management of insulin therapy. Chapters present evidencebased recommendations on screening for diabetic complications and preventive treatments for complications. Discussions of genderspecific complications and complications during adolescence are included.