"As type 2 diabetes continues its rise in prevalence worldwide, there is an increasing need to study it and describe successful treatments. There are several options for treatment, including oral medications, diet and lifestyle modification, and insulin therapy. Knowing which method to select and how to apply it relies on several clinical guidelines that are updated every year by the American Diabetes Association. This new edition of Medical Management of Type 2 Diabetes provides care providers with the answers to their questions about implementing care. All of the contributors are experts in their fields, and they define the disease, including the progressive nature of type 2 diabetes; cardiovascular, microvascular, and neurological complications; care methodologies for special situations; and behavior change. All guidelines and standards have been updated with the latest developments in research, advances in medications and medical devices, and new understandings of how to effectively work with the patient"-- "This book has been updated to provide state-of-the-art information on Type 2 Diabetes by a select group of experts. It also reflects the most recent Clinical Practice Recommendations from the American Diabetes Association, including the diagnostic and classification criteria adopted by the Association in 2004"-- Provided by publisher. Provided by publisher.

A Word About This Guide -- Contributors to the Seventh Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Diagnosis and Classification -- Highlights -- Definition of Diabetes -- Diagnosis of Diabetes -- Classification of Diabetes -- Type 1 diabetes -- Type 2 diabetes -- Other specific types of diabetes -- Stage of disease -- Screening for Diabetes -- Categories of Increased Risk for Diabetes -- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus -- Metabolic Syndrome -- Evaluation and Classification of Patients Before Treatment -- Patbogenesis -- Highlights -- Generic and Environmental Factors -- Insulin Resistance -- Sites of insulin resistance -- Mechanisms of insulin resistance -- The Fat Ceil as an Endocrine Organ -- Defects in Insulin Secretion -- Factors modulating' insulin secretion -- Physiological consequences of" defective insulin secretion -- Conclusion -- Management -- Highlights -- Therapeutic Objectives and Plan -- MNT Effectiveness, Process, and Goals -- Energy balance and weight loss -- Carbohydrate -- Protein -- Fat -- Sodium -- Alcohol -- Vitamins and minerals -- Exercise -- Potential benefits of exercise -- Precautions and considerations -- The exercise prescription -- Pharmacologic Intervention -- Available agents -- Insulins -- Long-term combinations of oral agents with insulin -- Adjusting insulin dosage in long-term type 2 diabetes -- Assessment of Treatment Efficacy Office methods -- Self-monitoring -- Special Therapeutic Situations -- Highlights -- Diabetes in Pregnancy -- Diabetes in Youth -- Differentiation of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in youth -- Screening for type 2 diabetes in youth -- Treating type 2 diabetes in youth -- Diabetes in Hospitalized and Critically 1 Patients -- Major Acute Complications -- Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state -- Hypoglycemia -- Infection -- Detection and Treatment of Chronic Complications -- Highlights -- Rationale for Optimizing Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes -- Accelerated Macrovascular Disease -- Diabetes as a cardiovascular risk factor -- Screening for cardiovascular disease -- Importance of modifying vascular risk factors -- Treatment of cardiovascular disease -- Diabetic Retinopathy -- Stages of diabetic retinopathy -- Prevention of vision loss from retinopathy -- Treatment of retinopathy -- Diabetic Renal Disease -- Clinical presentation of nephropathy -- Conditions that influence renal function -- Prevention and treatment of diabetic renal disease -- Diabetic Foot Problems -- Causes of diabetic foot problems -- Prevention of foot problems -- Treatment of foot problems -- Diabetic Neuropathies -- Diagnosis and treatment of neuropathy -- Autonomic neuropathy -- Other varieties of diabetic neuropathy -- Behavior Change Strategies -- Highlights -- Influences on Behavior Change -- Strategies for Behavior Change -- Diabetes Self-Management Support -- Redesigning Practice to Support Behavior Change -- Summary -- Index.