CHAPTER 7 THE ORGANISATION AND DELIVERY OF OPTIMAL DIABETES CARE Background to the changing organisation of diabetes services 186 Components of optimal organisation within primary care 189 Delivering high-quality care…
CHAPTER 5 DIABETES COMPLICATIONS Eyes 134 Nephropathy 138 Feet 143 Neuropathy 151 Erectile dysfunction 155 Injection sites 160 Vascular emergencies 160 OVERVIEW NSF 11 12 In this section, specific complications…
CHAPTER 3 GLYCAEMIC CONTROL Monitoring 62 Blood glucose-lowering medication 65 Metabolic emergencies 82 OVERVIEW NSF 4 QOF DM5–7 To achieve and maintain the targets (Table 3.1) of optimal glycaemic control…
CHAPTER 6 LIVING WITH DIABETES Mental health 164 Driving 165 Immunisations 167 Employment 167 Intercurrent illness 169 Travel 169 Pregnancy and gestational diabetes 172 Cultural aspects of diabetes care 176…
CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS? Definition of diabetes mellitus 6 Classification of diabetes mellitus 6 Criteria and methods for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus 8 Disease processes…
Chapter 7 Fine-needle Aspiration or Core Biopsy: A Preoperative Diagnostic Algorithm Any procedure involving use of a needle causes mechanical damage to the targeted tissue. The same is true in…
Chapter 10 Case Reports Case 1. The Importance of Intratumoral Heterogeneity This patient was an 80-year-old woman with a large, palpable, rapidly growing lump that filled her right breast (Fig….
Chapter 6 The Most Common Benign Breast Lesions and Their Borderline and Malignant Counterparts Fig. 6.1 Fig. 6.2 Fig. 6.3 Fig. 6.4 Fig. 6.5 Fibroadenoma (Figs. 6.1 and 6.2) is…
Chapter 5 The Most Common Types of Invasive Breast Carcinoma Fig. 5.1 Fig. 5.3 Fig. 5.4 Tubular carcinoma is usually a slow-growing, stellate tumor with stromal desmoplasia (Fig. 5.1). The…
