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The Everything Health Guide to Diabetes

Autor: Paula Ford Martin , Ian Blummer

Número de Páginas: 336

Diabetes may be a daunting disease, but it can be manageable. Completely updated and revised in the new health guide format, this book offers people who have been diagnosed with the disease information to help them live with diabetes. This professional handbook teaches readers to recognize signs and symptoms, monitor blood glucose levels, understand insulin types and quantities, select the right medication, and more. Written by an experienced health writer who runs a diabetes Web site, this sourcebook offers diabetes sufferers the information they need to live happy, healthy lives. This edition includes completely new material on the latest testing methods, risk factors and special considerations, and gestational and childhood diabetes.

Diabetes: Diabetes Skin Problems

Autor: David Sparks

Número de Páginas: 56

Discover Simple & Powerful Steps To Easily Prevent Various Skin Infections and Disorders Linked To Diabetes. ($47 Book Included Inside For Free)The study has proven that diabetes can affect a person's entire body. However, the most commonly affected part of the body, especially during the initial symptoms of diabetes, is the skin. Various infections and disease may occur on your skin even if you do not have diabetes, especially if you don't take good care of it. Having diabetes makes it more difficult since diabetes triples the possibility of getting skin diseases and it makes it even worse.Diabetes and uncontrolled hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) can result in a reduction of blood flow to the skin, as well as damage your blood vessels and nerves. The changes and decreased blood flow to the skin can result in changes in the skin's collagen. It is responsible for the skin color and texture. The decreased blood circulation also affects the body's ability to heal its wounds faster. Damage to the skin's vascular endothelial cells may even reduce its ability to sweat and increase sensitivity to temperature and pressure. Some glucose-lowering medications may also increase the risk of ...

Ten Things You Need to Know About Living With Diabetes

Autor: Dr. Karin M. Hehenberger

If you’re suffering from type 1 diabetes, you already know that simple tasks such as deciding where to dine out can be a challenge. Dr. Karin M. Hehenberger, a renowned diabetes expert and founder of Lyfebulb, an organization dedicated to helping individuals with chronic illnesses live better lives, helps you navigate key challenges associated with living with diabetes. As someone who has suffered from diabetes herself since the age of sixteen, she’s uniquely qualified to explore ten key issues, including understanding your diagnosis, eating in and eating out, traveling safely, living on your own, coping with the emotional toll of the disease, and more. In each of the ten chapters, Dr. Hehenberger tackles an everyday situation and offers practical advice on the best strategies for navigating the situation at hand—weaving in lessons from her personal experiences along the way.

The Diabetes Handbook

Número de Páginas: 208

If you or a loved one is living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you need this friendly guide to managing health, diet, physical activity, and treatment. This ebook includes simple, easy-to-understand explanations of how diabetes works and practical, positive advice for preventing or living with it. Illustrated in full colour throughout, it includes step-by-step illustrated sequences, flowcharts, and diagrams. Routines such as how to monitor and control blood glucose are explained in the clearest possible way. Find out how the types of diabetes differ, what signs to look out for, how to care for children with diabetes, how to reduce the risk of long-term complications, what to do in emergencies, and how to stay motivated and positive. The Diabetes Handbook will help you make successful lifestyle choices to promote health, be active, eat healthily, and thrive, not just survive.

Prevent Diabetes Problems

Número de Páginas: 17

Skin Problems in the Elderly

Autor: Lionel Fry

Número de Páginas: 366

Prevent Diabetes Problems

Autor: National Insitutes of Health , U. S. Department of Health and Human Services , National Institute of Kidney Diseases

Número de Páginas: 24

The National Institutes of Health Publication 08-4282, “Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Feet and Skin Healthy,” addresses diabetes and how you can prevent or slow down related health problems. Too much glucose in the blood for a long time can cause diabetes problems. This high blood glucose, also called blood sugar, can damage many parts of the body, such as the heart, blood vessels, eyes, and kidneys. Heart and blood vessel disease can lead to heart attacks and strokes. You can do a lot to prevent or slow down diabetes problems. This booklet is about feet and skin problems caused by diabetes. You will learn the things you can do each day and during each year to stay healthy and prevent diabetes problems. This Publication is one of seven in a series that can help you learn more about how to prevent diabetes problems. These include: “Keep Your Diabetes Under Control,” “Keep Your Heart and Blood Vessels Healthy,” “Keep Your Kidneys Healthy,” “Keep Your Eyes Healthy,” “Keep Your Feet and Skin Healthy,” “Keep Your Nervous System Healthy,” and “Keep Your Mouth Healthy.”

General and Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist

Autor: Leslie DeLong , Nancy W. Burkhart

Número de Páginas: 576

This text teaches dental hygiene students the essential information they need to visually examine and recognize oral disease in practice. The General Pathology section covers the major determinants of disease and the body systems as they are covered when taking a patient's medical history. The Oral Pathology section is organized according to characteristics of lesions, so students learn to recognize lesions by appearance and differentiate between similar lesions. More than 400 detailed photographs and illustrations help students identify lesions. Clinical examples and case studies are included. Distinctive clinical features of lesions are accompanied by lists of associated diseases.

Health Promotion in Practice

Autor: Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin , Joan Arnold

Número de Páginas: 450

Health Promotion in Practice is a practice-driven text thattranslates theories of health promotion into a step-by-stepclinical approach for engaging with clients. The book covers thetheoretical frameworks of health promotion, clinical approaches tothe eleven healthy behaviors—eating well, physical activity,sexual health, oral health, smoking cessation, substance safety,injury prevention, violence prevention, disaster preparedness,organizational wellness, and enhancing development—as well ascritical factors shaping the present and the future of the field.Written by the leading practitioners and researchers in the fieldof health promotion, Health Promotion in Practice is a keytext and reference for students, faculty, researchers, andpractitioners. "Finally, a signature book in which practitioners of healthpromotion will find relevant guidance for their work. SherriSheinfeld Gorin and Joan Arnold have compiled an outstanding castof savvy experts whose collective effort has resulted in a stunningbreadth of coverage. Whether you are a practitioner or a studentpreparing for practice, this book will help you to bridge the gapbetween theory and practice-driven empiricism." —John P....

Technology in Diabetes,An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Autor: Grazia Aleppo

Número de Páginas: 240

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Grazia Aleppo, will cover key topics in Technology in Diabetes. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. Adriana G. Ioachimescu. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Evolution of Diabetes Technology, Diabetes Technology in children, Diabetes Technology in adults with type 1 and type 2 Diabetes, Benefits and challenges of Diabetes Technology use in older adults, Integration of Diabetes Technology in Clinical Practice, Diabetes Technology in the inpatient setting for management of hyperglycemia, Standardization of CGM reports, Diabetes Technology and Exercise, Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes Technology use, Automated insulin delivery, and Glucagon, among others.

Win Diabetes In 4/2 Weeks

Autor: Alex Manfield

This book focus on practical procedures and scientific evidence to reverse your diabetes. You'll find this book not just perfectly working but even fun. Diet and Lifestyle are important, no doubt but they're like the engine and battery of your car, and It's only when you turn the key that the engine will start. The key is your mind. Everyone knows what junk food is, but diabetes is increasing worldwide. Why ? In this book I follow a different approach empowering your mind with few techniques that will help you fight and win diabetes. Unless we uncover and understand the potentiality of our mind there is little we can do about diabetes. You can win because you'll understand how your body works, what are the tricks of your mind that prevent you to succeed, and because you're not a collection of test results but a human being that deserve to stay healthy and enjoy life like we all do. Alex is ND, BioEngineer and he works full time as IT professional in a multinational consultancy based in London.

Current Technologies To Increase The Transdermal Delivery Of Drugs

Autor: José Juan Escobar-Chávez

Número de Páginas: 146

This e-book provides an overview of current technologies used to increase the topical/transdermal delivery of drugs, its protocols, advantages and limitations. It includes exclusive chapters on chemical enhancers, Iontophoresis, Sonophoresis, Electroporation, Microneedles and the more recent use of micro/nanoparticles to deliver drugs throughout the skin. The e-book's generalized approach on the topic is aimed to be helpful in drug discovery, drug delivery and toxicological research and to provide a broader perspective on the topic to readers with respect to current literature available on the.

Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

Autor: Ragnar Hanas

Número de Páginas: 404

The book which deals in depth with every detail of diabetes care in young people.

Diabetes

Autor: Rowan Hillson

Número de Páginas: 272

Around 1.4 million people in the UK today have diabetes, and at least a million more may have diabetes and not know it. According to the World Health Organisation the number of diabetes sufferers worldwide is set to double in the next 25 years. It's serious and progressive and there is no known cure. However, life with diabetes can be very fulfilling. Just look at sports stars like Steve Redgave, winner of 5 Olympic gold medals. Written in association with Diabetes UK, this comprehensive guide answers all the key questions, from how to spot the symptoms, who is most at risk, what treatments are available and how diabetes will affect you diet and lifestyle. Dr Hillson tackles the common anxieties and provides invaluable information for all those with diabetes - whether newly diagnosed or longstanding - their families and friends.

Hutchison's Clinical Methods E-Book

Autor: Michael Glynn , William M Drake

Número de Páginas: 544

Hutchison’s Clinical Methods, first published more than a century ago, is the classic textbook on clinical skills. It provides an outstanding source of learning and reference for undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors. It seeks to teach an integrated approach to clinical practice, so that new methods and investigations are grafted onto established patterns of clinical practice, rather than added on as something extra. The text is organised so that both system-related and problem-oriented chapters are included. Particular emphasis is placed on the importance of the doctor-patient relationship, the essential skills needed for clinical examination, and for planning the appropriate choice of investigations in diagnosis and management. Hutchison’s Clinical Methods is an invaluable resource for all those learning and training in medicine and is an essential adjunct to a standard textbook of medicine, surgery or other specialty. The book provides a comprehensive account of the traditional methods of patient history-taking and examination but is updated with a full account of the role of modern investigative techniques. This is a book for students of all ages and all...

What to Expect When You Have Diabetes

Autor: American Diabetes Associa

Número de Páginas: 220

Managing a chronic disease like diabetes can be overwhelming, even frightening—especially if you're among the 1.5 million Americans who are newly diagnosed each year. Now there's sound, steadying advice written by the experts, so you can live well with diabetes, not just manage it. What to Expect When You Have Diabetes is a worthy companion amid the glut of questions. This go-to guide with a can-do approach makes understanding diabetes easier. A Q&A format, organized by topic for quick reference, provides authoritative answers in straightforward language to a range of questions: Is diabetes a dangerous disease? Should I tell my boss and coworkers that I have diabetes? What should I do if I forget to take my diabetes pills? How do I reduce fat in a meal when I eat at a restaurant? This repository of information makes the perfect companion to a health-care team. This book will become a trusted reference for ongoing care.

Type 1 Diabetes, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, E-Book

Autor: Desmond A. Schatz , Michael Haller , Mark Atkinson

Número de Páginas: 232

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America provides the endocrinologist with essential updates on treatment of type 1 diabetes, with an eye toward future trends and developments. The Guest Editors brought together a remarkable group of notable authors, such as Paul Robertson, President of the National Diabetes Association. Topics covered include epidemiology; economics; contemporary management; inpatient management; update on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems; update on studies aimed at interdicting and preventing type 1 diabetes; advances in the prediction, natural history, and mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes; complications; hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes; new lessons from animal models; the role of the gut in the genesis of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases; and an update on transplantation for reversing type 1 diabetes.

NCLEX-RN Review Guide: Top Ten Questions for Quick Review

Autor: Cynthia Chernecky , Nancy Stark , Lori Schumacher , Lori Schumacher, PH.D., B.S.N.

Número de Páginas: 378

A useful review tool in preparing for the NCLEX-RN examination, this guide is based on the latest NCLEX-RN test plan - including alternate item formats. More than 2,000 practice questions are included in the print book/CD-ROM package, along with test-taking strategies, rationales and top 10 challenge questions to test your knowledge in each subject area.

Naturally Pain Free

Autor: Letha Hadady

Número de Páginas: 336

TACKLE YOUR PAIN THE NATURAL WAY Whether you've dealt with a lifetime of chronic aches and pains or suffer from a specific ailment, when you're in constant pain, relief is the only thing on your mind. Are you using the same over–the–counter painkiller to treat everything from toothaches to knee pain? If so, you may only be providing a temporary mask to your suffering—not healing it—and it's only a matter of time before the pain returns. Every pain is unique, from headaches to back strains to arthritis, and there's no one–solution–fits–all to alleviate your suffering. Natural remedies expert Letha Hadady knows that to treat pain you must focus on the cause. Organizing her advice by both symptom and type of pain, Hadady guides you on how to use a variety of all–natural herbs, extracts, and pills to ease and control the source of your suffering. Find Natural Pain Remedies For: •Arthritis •Sciatica •Backaches •Chest Pains •Nerve Pain •Migraines •Burns •Knee Discomfort •Carpal Tunnel Syndrome And More... Praise for Letha Hadady "There is no one else of Letha's stature, experience, and knowledge in the field of alternative medicine." —ALICE RHEE, NBC...

Diabetes Management in Long-Term Settings

Autor: Linda Haas , Sandra Burke

Número de Páginas: 296

Diabetes Management in Long-Term Settings is a clinical guide for the treatment of elderly patients with diabetes. With the number of older adults growing exponentially and with a growing percentage of this group facing diabetic and prediabetic conditions, Diabetes Management in Long-Term Settings will help physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and administrators develop effective programs to care for this growing population. It is a practical clinical guide outlining the protocols of geriatric diabetes care and will be a sought-after reference for all clinicians.

American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes

Autor: American Association

Número de Páginas: 576

The American Diabetes Association—the nation's leading health organization supporting diabetes research, information, and advocacy—has completely revised this comprehensive home reference to provide all the information a person needs to live an active, healthy life with diabetes. Now in its fifth edition, this extensive resource contains information on the best self-care techniques and the latest medical advances. For people with diabetes, this extraordinary guide will answer any question. Topics include the latest on self-care for type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes; new types of insulin and medications; strategies for avoiding diabetes complications; expanded sections on meal planning and nutrition; and tips on working with the health care system and insurance providers.

Get Rid of Diabetic Foot Pain & Burning Feet Permanently with Powerful Natural and Home Remedies Tonight

Autor: Jasmyn Myles

Diabetic foot problems can have a significant impact on a patient's quality of life as they can reduce mobility, lead to loss of employment, depression and damage to or loss of limbs. They often have a significant financial impact on the NHS through outpatient costs, increased bed occupancy and prolonged stays in hospital. Diabetic foot is an umbrella term for foot problems in patients with diabetes mellitus. Due to arterial abnormalities and diabetic neuropathy, as well as a tendency to delayed wound healing, infection or gangrene of the foot is relatively common. Ten to Fifteen per cent of diabetic patients develop foot ulcers at some point in their lives and foot related problems are responsible for up to 50% of diabetes related hospital admissions. Diabetic foot infection is a disease that is generally associated with damaged nerves and restricted blood supply due to diabetes, thereby causing deep sores and infections in the skin, muscles, or bones of the foot region. This eBook is the most comprehensive guide on how to completely get rid of all foot related problems due to diabetes and how to avoid serious health issues like leg amputation, severe pain, numbness and burning...

Type Two Diabetes

Autor: American Diabetes Association

Número de Páginas: 180

Your healthy living guide : tips, techniques, and practical advice for living well with diabetes.

Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence

Autor: Francesco Chiarelli , Knut Dahl-Jørgensen , Wieland Kiess

Número de Páginas: 381

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent chronic diseases affecting children and adolescents. The number of young children being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide and an epidemic of type 2 diabetes already at a young age is being

Encyclopedia of Family Health

Autor: Martha Craft-Rosenberg , Shelley-Rae Pehler

Número de Páginas: 1144

Request a FREE 30-day online trial to this title at www.sagepub.com/freetrial What is unique about the process in the discussion of healthcare and interventions to use when working with families? What assessment tools provide guidance for healthcare providers as they determine interventions for families in their care? What are the changing dimensions of contemporary family life, and what impact do those dimensions have on health promotion for families? How is family healthcare changing in terms of practices, delivery systems, costs and insurance coverage? Students are able to explore these questions and more in the Encyclopedia of Family Health. Approximately 350 signed articles written by experts from such varied fields as health and nursing, social and behavioral sciences, and policy provide authoritative, cross-disciplinary coverage. Entries examine theory, research and policy as they relate to family practice in a manner that is accessible and jargon-free. From 'Adolescent Suicide' and 'Alternative Therapies' to 'Visitation during Hospitalization' and 'Weight Problems and Genetics', this work provides coverage of a variety of issues within a family context. The Encyclopedia of ...

Natural Supplements for Diabetes

Autor: Frank Murray

Número de Páginas: 340

While insulin and other conventional treatments can help manage diabetes, the therapies outlined in Natural Supplements for Diabetes provide safe and effective options for diabetics. This book examines clinically proven dietary strategies and lifestyle changes, including the importance of the glycemic index and fiber for a healthier diet, vitamins with proven benefit to diabetics, minerals, herbs, and other supplements and nutrients for promoting health; and the benefits of exercise.

Jyotish (Vedic Astrology)

Autor: Wing Commander Santosh Sharmaa

Número de Páginas: 222

This is the world’s first astrological (Vedic Jyotish) book which is based on scientific evaluation and validation. The interpretations are based on rationale and logic. Your and other people’s robotic behavior stems from a pre-programmed chip, which is embedded in your mystic glands inside the brain. This chip controls the inherent behavior of a person. The information about this coded chip is available in your kundali (astrological chart). Shani (Saturn): a new revolutionary understanding Shani is like a GPS with an in-built navigation system. A retrograde (R) or debilitated (D) Shani is like a GPS, which is malfunctioning. Obviously, you land up at wrong places, at wrong timings, thus wasting your life’s energy reaching nowhere. This creates frustration, sadness, depression, and mental agony. Self-pity makes you wail in a well of despair, you wallowing, “my fate!”

Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing

Autor: Diane Brown , Helen Edwards , Lesley Seaton , Thomas Buckley

Número de Páginas: 1896

Perfect for: • Undergraduate Nursing Students • Postgraduate Specialist Nursing Pathways (Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing) • TAFE Bachelor of Nursing Program Lewis’s Medical–Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 4th Edition is the most comprehensive go-to reference for essential information about all aspects of professional nursing care of patients. Using the nursing process as a framework for practice, the fourth edition has been extensively revised to reflect the rapid changing nature of nursing practice and the increasing focus on key nursing care priorities. Building on the strengths of the third Australian and New Zealand edition and incorporating relevant global nursing research and practice from the prominent US title Medical–Surgical Nursing, 9Th Edition, Lewis’s Medical–Surgical Nursing, 4th Edition is an essential resource for students seeking to understand the role of the professional nurse in the contemporary health environment. 49 expert contributors from Australia and New Zealand Current research data and Australian and New Zealand statistics Focus on evidence-based practice Review questions and clinical reasoning...

Diabetes Care

Autor: Rowan Hillson

Número de Páginas: 536

Diabetes is increasingly common. This book is intended to help health care professionals in primary, community and secondary care to update their diabetes skills. It has been written in a friendly, easy-to-read way, with summaries for quick reference and detailed information when needed. This book will help experienced staff update their knowledge, and act as a quick guide for those new to diabetes.

Diabetes, A-Z

Autor: American Diabetes Association

Número de Páginas: 215

Comprehensive and easy to read, this book covers everything from alcohol to vitamins. Alphabetized for super-speedy reference, it allows readers to flip right to the desired section-- there are more than 51 vital categories. Diabetes A-Z includes information on: Nutrients Alcohol exchanges Causes, treatments, and definitions Prevention tips And much more Updates to the fifth edition include expanded information on diabetes and exercise, the newest medications, and the latest research on diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Skin Care: Beyond the Basics

Autor: Mark Lees

Número de Páginas: 514

This all new edition of Skin Care: Beyond the Basics builds upon the strong reputation of its predecessors as an outstanding resource for the advanced esthetics student. Using plain language, it explains real-world scenarios and profiles what estheticians will experience when they are practicing in the clinic environment. Detailed information on subjects such as acne, sensitive skin, cosmetic ingredients and clinical management of aging skin is included. The subject matter is presented in a direct manner which leads to proven understanding in the classroom and positive client outcomes in the student clinic. This book is a must-have resource for the esthetics student and will remain a trusted reference tool for them throughout their career. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Nutrition during diabetes mellitus

Autor: Josef Miligui

Número de Páginas: 64

di-book - nutritional counseling after syndromes - Diet recommendations, recipes and food supplements for supporting the school medicine therapy. The recipes help you to cook tasty dishes. All recipes with cooking instructions, calorie indications and description of the effect. The foods are shown in categories Recommended, Yes, Less and No, and help orientate if your own recipes should be cooked.

The Juice Lady's Remedies for Diabetes

Autor: Cherie Calbom

Número de Páginas: 160

Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in America.

The 10-Day Skin Brushing Detox

Autor: Mia Campbell

Número de Páginas: 300

Skin brushing can make you feel amazing - right from the first session! (If you do it right) Dry skin brushing (aka body brushing) is an old naturopathic technique that you can do even when not feeling great. It simply involves brushing the body all over with a firm brush. Why? Because it makes you look and feel absolutely amazing! It works as a detox by stimulating the lymphatic and blood systems, boosting metabolism, and improving elimination through the skin - the body's largest organ. The lymph gets sluggish when we don't move much, as it relies on muscles to move its contents. Done incorrectly, any detox can make you feel awful - the side-effects can be pretty rough. This book shows you how to detox by using skin brushing without unpleasant side-effects. You will feel good from Day One. By Day Ten you will have established a new health habit that you can build on. A Unique New Method Of Dry Skin Brushing This book contains a unique method of brushing. If you have done skin brushing before you may have been told to start at the feet and just brush towards the heart. You'll find out why that isn't always the case and the exact way to brush every inch of your body. This new...

Chamberlain's Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine, An Introduction to Medical Diagnosis

Número de Páginas: 504

A classic text, Chamberlain's Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine has been providing students and professionals with a detailed and well-illustrated account of the symptoms and signs of diseases affecting all the body systems since the first edition published in 1936. Now completely rewritten by a new team of authors selected for their experien

Nutrition: An Approach to Good Health and Disease Management

Autor: Esperanza J. Carcache de Blanco , Jay Mirtallo

Número de Páginas: 400

This book summarizes key information required for planning and implementing a healthy diet for patients based on sound nutritional concepts. Readers will find information on the background of nutrition in disease management and nutritional regulations in the USA. The book also describes macro- and micronutrients (including minerals and vitamins) and the applications of relevant nutritional concepts to real-life situations, using well-designed simulated clinical scenarios. Additionally, factors contributing to disease as well as the link between socio-economic status, culture and nutrition are discussed. This book should serve as useful handbook for nutritionists and health care providers and medical or pharmacology students taking courses in nutritional sciences.

Diabetes For Dummies

Autor: Alan L. Rubin , Sarah Jarvis

Número de Páginas: 408

Don't just survive - thrive! That's the message of this state-of-the-art guide to diabetes management. From causes, symptoms and side effects to treatments and diet, this book will help British diabetics understand all types of diabetes and delivers sound advice on staying fit and feeling great. The best-selling second edition has been updated to cover key information on managing pre-diabetes, plus new content on screening tests, medications and lifestyle advice. With additional information on the latest advances in therapy for diabetes and its complications, this new edition will make sure you're covered from every aspect.

Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children

Autor: Malcolm D. C. Donaldson , John W. Gregory , Guy Van-Vliet , Joseph I. Wolfsdorf

Número de Páginas: 328

The revised and updated fourth edition of Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children offers a practical, highly clinical and up-to-date handbook of paediatric endocrinology and diabetes. The book is written in clear terms and offers a user-friendly format that is designed to be concise, yet comprehensive.. The international panel of expert contributors explore the range of endocrine disorders in children including growth, thyroid, adrenal and problems related to puberty.