5. The person with type 1 diabetes
CHAPTER 5. The person with type 1 diabetes Derek Gordon and Florence Brown Introduction 97 Epidemiology 97 The clinical presentation of type 1 diabetes 98 The aims of insulin therapy…
11. Education for life
Introduction 245 The evolving nature of diabetes education 246 Why educate people with diabetes?246 Diabetes self-management 248 Structured diabetes education 248 Planning education 252 Developing educational programmes 254 Topics that…
8. Cardiovascular risk reduction
Introduction 173 Glycaemic control 174 Dyslipidaemia 177 Hypertension 183 Non-pharmacological means of reducing blood pressure 186 Pharmacological treatment of cardiovascular disease 187 Obesity 188 Conclusion 189 References 189 INTRODUCTION Diabetes…
7. Monitoring diabetes
Introduction 151 History of blood glucose monitoring 152 Monitoring in type 2 diabetes 153 Monitoring options 160 Testing for ketones 167 Other factors that can influence monitoring of diabetes 168…
2. Diagnosis and screening for diabetes
Introduction 21 Why identify people with type 2 diabetes?22 The oral glucose tolerance test 25 Impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose 27 Psychological aspects of diagnosis of type 2…
3. Psychological care
Introduction 39 The personal meaning of having diabetes 40 SECTION ONE: EMOTION, MOOD AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL Self-efficacy 41 Locus of control 42 Health beliefs 42 Stress and diabetes 44…
Red cell incompatibility in vivo
The first person to transfuse a human being was Professor J Denis who, with the help of a surgeon Mr C Emmerez, gave transfusions of lamb’s blood or calf’s blood…
Immunology of red cells
According to RE Rosenfield (1977, supplemented by personal communication), L Buchbinder, a PhD student of Karl Landsteiner, had discovered Rh polymorphism at some time in the 1930s, but Landsteiner had…
The transfusion of red cells
The Effect of Splenectomy Following splenectomy, red cell survival has been found to be normal in humans and rabbits (Miescher 1956a; McFadzean et al. 1958), although slightly prolonged in rats…
Haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn
), Woodrow and Donohoe (1968); 2 (), E Borst-Eilers (personal communication); 3 (•), Poulain and Huchet (1971). In Figure 12.1, the magnitude of TPH on a logarithmic scale is plotted…
