Insulin Therapy: A Pocket Guide - Softcover

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Mark W. J. Strachan is a Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Acute Medicine and Clinical Director of Acute Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Diabetes and Endocrinology at Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. During the course of his appointment he has been involved in many significant service developments, postgraduate education and training and research projects. His main research interest is the effect of diabetes on the brain, particularly the impact of Type 2 diabetes on cognitive function. He has authored over 100 research papers and edited a book entitled Davidson's Clinical Cases, which was awarded a first prize in the 2009 British Medical Association Medical Books Competition.

Brian M. Frier is a retired Consultant Physician in general (internal) medicine and diabetes at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and is Honorary Professor of Diabetes in the University of Edinburgh. Prof Frier’s principal research interest is the pathophysiology of hypoglycaemia in humans with particular relevance to Diabetes. He has published extensively in this field and has co-edited two multi-author international textbooks on hypoglycaemia and diabetes: Hypoglycaemia and Diabetes: Clinical and Physiological Aspects, and Hypoglycaemia in Clinical Diabetes, 2e.  Dr Frier has an international reputation in the field of hypoglycaemia as well as an active team working on several clinical projects for nearly 30 years.

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Diabetes is extremely common, with approximately 171 million people affected worldwide. The majority of people with diabetes are cared for in primary care. Primary health care professionals are usually adept at dealing with the lifestyle measures and tablet treatments for diabetes, but generally have limited expertise in the initiation and management of insulin therapy. Insulin therapy has also become more complex, with numerous different forms of insulin and more complex delivery devices available. In a secondary care setting, approximately 10% of in-patients will have diabetes at any one time. People with diabetes stay in hospital longer than people without diabetes, and the condition is often poorly managed during in-patient stays, often leading to clinical errors.

Insulin Therapy: A Pocket Guide provides clear and concise information about the safe prescribing of insulin both subcutaneously and intravenously. It covers the different types of insulin, the delivery devices, side effects of insulin and, most importantly, guidance on rational dose adjustment.

This book is an invaluable guide for general practitioners and primary care nurses with a special interest in diabetes, as well as junior hospital doctors and specialist medical trainees, advanced nurse practitioners and new diabetes nurse specialists.