Diabetes in Old Age

Preface

Section A: Pathophysiology, Screening and Diagnosis  

1 Pathophysiology of Diabetes In Older People 
Graydon S. Meneilly

2 Type 1 Diabetes in Older People  
Medha Munshi and Alan Sinclair

3 Preventative Strategies 
Edward Horton

4 Screening and Diagnosis  
Jorge Manzarbeitia

5 Assessment Procedures including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Willy Marcos Valencia, Marie Danet, Hermes Florez and Isabelle Bourdel–Marchasson

Section B: Vascular Risk factors and Complications  

6 Peripheral Arterial Disease  
Leocadio Rodríguez Mañas, Cristina Alonso Bouzon and Marta Castro Rodríguez

7 Cardiovascular Disease 
Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz

8 Visual Loss
Peter Scanlon

9 Diabetes Foot Disease   
Sri Bellary

10 Diabetes Neuropathy
Jennifer Dineen and Christopher Gibbons

11 Sensory Disabilities 
Rowan Hillson

13 Sexual health and well being  
Geoff Hackett, Helena Teede and Trisha Dunning

14 e–Health and Diabetes management and care in older adults
Francisco del Pozo and Élan Villalba

Section C: Treatment and Care Issues  

15 Insulin resistance and Metabolic Syndrome
Angelo Scuteri and Andrew Krentz

16 Frailty and diabetes: pathophysiological links, epidemiology and clinical implications 
Leocadio Rodriguez Manas and Alan Sinclair

17 Metabolic Decompensation  
Giuseppe Paolisso

18 Nutritional  Interventions  
Trisha Dunning

19 Exercise Interventions  
Mikel Izquierdo

20 Medicines Management
Trisha Dunning

21 Early Management of type 2 diabetes and Oral Glucose–Lowering Therapy
Andrew Krentz and Alan Sinclair

22 Insulin therapy 
Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz

23 Hypertension
Ashish Goel

24 Hypoglycaemia
Medha Munshi

25 Diabetes in Care Homes
Trisha Dunning and Alan Sinclair

26 Primary and Community Care of Diabetes
Mark Kennedy

27 Inpatient care (including avoiding hospitalization)  
Mike Sampson and Belinda Allan

Section D: Management of Associated Complications  

28 Diabetes and Comorbidities  
Leo Rodriguez Manas and Marta Castro Rodríguez

29 Cognitive Dysfunction
Alan J. Sinclair

30 Mood Disorder  
Ahmed H. Abdelhafiz and Alan Sinclair

31 Management of Falls
Medha Munshi and Christina Alonso

32 Management of Pain  
Trisha Dunning

33 End of Life Diabetes Care
Trisha Dunning and Alan Sinclair

Section E: Optimizing Diabetes Care in Older People  

34 Diabetes Education
Katie Weinger

35 Supporting the Family and Informal Carers
Alan Sinclair and Trisha Dunning

36 Public Health Issues and Community Impact 
Luis Miguel Gutierrez Robledo and Roger Gadsby

37 Providing Cost–Effective Diabetes Care
Chia–Hung Chou and Elbert Huang

38 Designing Clinical Trials for Older People with Diabetes
Olga Laosa, Laura Pedraza and Marta Checa Lopez

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