Description
Book SynopsisTitles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’, at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.
Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses:
- Common presentations
- Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging)
- Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking)
The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training, and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket.
Key points
- Highly-affordable price and convenient pocket-size format
- Breaks down a subject that students find complex and daunting, using clear images, concise and informative text, and specific management scenarios
- Logical, building-block approach to content: initial chapter on obesity and causes of diabetes, followed by focus on clinical features and management. Subsequent chapters address the complications of diabetes, including their epidemiology and management
- Additional focus on prevention, psychological strategies, tips for motivating patients
- Up-to-date: includes recommendations by the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2017
Table of ContentsChapter 1 First Principles
Endocrine control of metabolism
Sugar metabolism
Chapter 2 Clinical Essentials
History taking
Examination
Investigations
Management
Chapter 3 Obesity and metabolic syndrome
Clinical scenario
Obesity
Metabolic syndrome
Chapter 4 Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Clinical scenario
Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Chapter 5 Diabetic vasculopathy
Clinical scenario
Macrovascular disease
Microvascular disease
Chapter 6 Diabetic neuropathy
Clinical scenario
Peripheral neuropathy
Autonomic neuropathy
Others conditions
Chapter 7 Erectile dysfunction
Clinical scenario
Erectile dysfunction
Chapter 8 Diabetic retinopathy
Clinical scenario
Diabetic retinopathy
Chapter 9 Diabetic foot disease
Clinical scenario
Diabetic foot
Chapter 10 Diabetic nephropathy
Clinical scenario
Diabetic nephropathy
Chapter 11 Prevention
Early diagnosis
Screening
Diet and lifestyle
Public health initiatives
Psychology of behavioural change
