Endocrinology. Adult and Pediatric: Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity

Description

Meet the growing challenges of diabetes and obesity management with Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity, a compilation of chapters from the highly acclaimed two-volume textbook, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric. Never before available as a stand-alone offering, this derivative book will enable you to put today's best endocrinology practices in diabetes and obesity management to work for your patients.

Table of contents

1. Appetite Regulation and Thermogenesis
2. Obesity: The Problem and Its Management
3. Genetic Syndromes Associated with Obesity
4. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Other Eating Disorders
5. Development of the Endocrine Pancreas
6. Biosynthesis, Processing, and Secretion of the Islet Hormones: Insulin, Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (Amylin), Glucagon, Somatostatin, and Pancreatic Polypeptide
7. Insulin Secretion
8. The Mechanisms of Insulin Action
9. Glucagon and Glucagon-like Peptides
10. Regulation of Intermediatory Metabolism During Fasting and Feeding
11. Role of the Adipocyte in Metabolism and Endocrine Function
12. Lipodystrophy Syndromes
13. Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
14. Type 1 (Insulin-dependent) Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Prediction, and Prevention
15. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Natural History
16. Lipoprotein Metabolism and the Treatment of Lipid Disorders
17. Hyperglycemia Secondary to Nondiabetic Conditions and Therapies
18. The Metabolic Syndrome
19. Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
20. Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma
21. Hypoglycemia and Hypoglycemic Syndromes
22. Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
23. Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Children
24. Pancreatic and Islet Transplantation
25. Diabetes Control, Long-Term Complications, and Large Vessel Disease
26. Diabetic Eye Disease
27. Diabetes Mellitus: Neuropathy
28. Diabetic Nephropathy
29. Diabetic Foot and Vascular Complications
30. Diabetes Mellitus and Pregnancy