Overview
Diabetes and the Kidney provides endocrinologists and nephrologists of all levels with expert clinical diagnosis and management guidance for this extremely common diabetic complication. Practical and accessible, chapters contain text features such as case histories, potential pitfall boxes, key points, management algorithms, and useful weblinks to fully engage the reader and provide expert guidance to help clinicians best manage their patients. In addition, all relevant international society guidelines and recommendations are fully included. After an initial analysis of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of kidney complications in diabetes, it quickly moves on to the following core sections: - Special Situations, Risk factors and Complications - examining diabetic nephropathy in relation to each other diabetic complication, ie cardiovascular disease - Prevention and Therapy - focusing on the most up to date information regarding prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of kidney disease in diabetes. Expertly edited, and with contributions from an experienced international team, Diabetes and Kidney Disease will be the perfect tool to consult when managing diabetic patients with associated kidney problems.
Full Product Details
Author: G Wolf
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 25.00cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9781118494073
ISBN 10: 1118494075
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 19 December 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Digital
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
It should therefore be essential reading for diabetes/endocrine and renal speciality trainees. It will also appeal to both the general practitioner and those looking after acutely ill patients. (Diabetes Update, 1 July 2013)
"""It should therefore be essential reading for diabetes/endocrine and renal speciality trainees. It will also appeal to both the general practitioner and those looking after acutely ill patients."" (Diabetes Update, 1 July 2013)"
Author Information
Gunter Wolf is Professor and Chairman, Department for Internal Medicine III (Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteology, Endocrinology and Diabetology) at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. Professor Wolf is well known both in Europe and America, and is involved in many editorial boards and journals such as Kidney International, Journal American Society of Nephrology, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Hypertension and the renal section of the American Journal of Physiology. Professor Wolf is also the author of Obesity and the Kidney, Karger, 2006.
