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Table of Contents:

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Sect. I Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
1 Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Regulation in Old Age: The Scale of the Problem 3
2 Pathophysiology of Diabetes in the Elderly 17
3 Establishing the Diagnosis 25
4 Screening and Treatment Strategies for Diabetes Complications in the Elderly 41
Sect. II Complications
5 Metabolic Decompensation 53
6 The Diabetic Foot 67
7 Erectile Dysfunction 89
8 Mortality and its Predictors in Type 2 Diabetes 103
9 Visual Loss 119
10 Hypoglycaemia 133
Sect. III Treatment and Care Issues
11 Issues in the Initial Management of Type 2 Diabetes 155
12 Insulin Therapy 165
13 Managing Surgery in the Elderly Diabetic Patient 177
14 Metabolic Risk Factors and their Treatment 187
15 Drug Therapy: Current and Emerging Agents 199
16 Rehabilitation 215
17 Approaching Primary Care 229
18 Diabetes in Care Homes 241
19 Modern Perspectives and Recent Advances 253
Index 263