Description
Book SynopsisThe text is enhanced by a variety of sample forms and documents: assessment and other record-keeping forms; sample letters to teachers describing activity restrictions and warning signs they should watch for; growth charts; tables of timing and duration of action for different types of insulin; and diabetic ketoacidosis treatment flow sheets.
Trade ReviewThe clinical guide, directed toward primary care clinicians, addresses the main catagories of concern and provides the most up-to-date treatment information regarding type 1 diabetes. Written by a Johns Hopkins pediatric endocrinologist and a prominent medical writer, Clinical Management of the Child and Teenager with Diabetes is a well-organized, comprehensive guide to the modern medical management of type 1 diabetes. The concerns and needs of both the child and family are emphasized, and detailed parameters for establishing a comprehensive patient management plan are provided... Practical for all health care practitioners working with this population and for students in related fields. Topics in Clinical Nutrician
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Medical Presentation and Initial Management
Chapter 3. Survival Skills for Patients and Parents
Chapter 4. Well-Child Care and the Next Steps in Diabetes Management
Chapter 5. Educating Patients and Families
Chapter 6. Insulin
Chapter 7. Dietary Management
Chapter 8. Fine-Tuning and Sick Day Management
Chapter 9. Age-Specific Management
Chapter 10. Complications
Chapter 11. Psychological Issues
Chapter 12. Personal Perspectives of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 13. Research: The Path to the Future
Index
