Overview
Diabetic Neuropathy and Clinical Practice aims to improve the pathophysiological understanding of the entire spectrum from sensory motor to autonomic diabetic neuropathy, its correlation with the symptoms, improving thereby the communication with the patient including prognostication and other tools that one should utilize to better management. It also emphasizes the need to regain the grip on the basic sciences of clinical medicine to deal with it better - Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Pathology and gives the necessary details. The volume aims at explaining what the clinicians need most to help patients and may not possess.
Full Product Details
Author: Sanjeev Kelkar
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition: 2020 ed.
Weight: 0.583kg
ISBN: 9789811524196
ISBN 10: 981152419
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 01 March 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
This is a tremendously useful book for medical students, physicians in training, and experienced attending clinicians ... . It also poses many questions for researchers to consider in their quest to increase understanding of the many types of neuropathy experienced by diabetic patients. ... This is an outstanding book for all clinicians who examine and treat diabetic patients and an incredible resource for consulting physicians who have been referred interesting and confusing cases for evaluation. (Vincent F Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, July 10, 2020)
Author Information
Sanjeev Kelkar, received his MD from the University of Mumbai in January 1980. He has worked in various fields of health care, including tribal / rural health for ten years. He has also worked at specialist institutes, multinational pharmaceutical companies, and been involved in innovative postgraduate teaching programs in diabetes and internal medicine in collaboration with foreign universities. Further, he has worked extensively with international bodies, setting up and developing different models of health care. He was the Founder Secretary of the unique Diabetic Foot Society of India, which has achieved a Guinness world record for the most diabetic foot screenings in a day. He has received prestigious awards, including from the Australian Government and Australian industry for best international collaboration, and from the Lite for Life Foundation for his essay on Tuberculosis Control in India. For several years he worked in rural West Bengal and Tripura, helping establish hospitals with modern facilities and intensive care units. Thanks to his broad experience, he had gained a comprehensive overview of health care and the issues plaguing it. He has edited several widely acclaimed books on diabetic foot care, and has written one on diabetes and surgery that is used as a reference guide by Indian practitioners in the field.
