Diabetes in Hospital: A Practical Approach for Healthcare Professionals -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1: Understanding diabetes -- Aims of the chapter -- What is diabetes? -- History of diabetes and insulin -- Anatomy and physiology in the absence of diabetes -- Insulin -- Glucagon -- Classification of diabetes -- Type 1 diabetes -- Type 2 diabetes -- Signs and symptoms of diabetes -- Making a diagnosis -- Conclusion -- 2: Treating diabetes effectively -- Aims of the chapter -- Insulin therapy -- Case study: Charlotte -- Case study: David -- Conclusion -- Further information -- 3: Management and treatment of acute diabetes complications in Accident and Emergency -- Aims of the chapter -- Hyperglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis -- Case study: Pippa -- Hypoglycaemia -- Case study: Jerry -- Conclusion -- 4: Diabetes in the medical ward -- Aims of the chapter -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Peripheral vascular disease -- Treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers -- Case study: Malcolm -- Conclusion -- 5: Diabetes and the surgical patient -- Aims of the chapter -- Risk of surgery -- Case study: Julie -- Surgery in different types of diabetes -- Conclusion -- 6: Diabetes in coronary care -- Aims of the chapter -- Metabolic syndrome -- Central obesity -- Inflammatory defects -- Dyslipidaemia -- Hyperglycaemia -- Case study: Maggie -- Conclusion -- 7: Management of diabetes in the renal unit -- Aims of the chapter -- Anatomy and physiology of the normal functioning kidney -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular disease -- Hypertension -- Case study: Winston -- Conclusion -- 8: Diabetes and liver disease -- Aims of the chapter -- Alcohol-related liver disease -- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis -- Treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease -- Hepatitis C.

Hereditary haemochromatosis -- Case study: Paul -- New-onset diabetes following transplantation -- Conclusion -- 9: Discharging the patient with diabetes from hospital -- Aims of the chapter -- National Service Framework -- Structured education -- National programmes -- Information prescription -- Checklist for discharging the person with diabetes from hospital -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.