Full Description
This book is a useful review of current concepts in the use of insulin therapy for the management of diabetes.
Beginning with discussion on the history of insulin therapy and associated physiology, the following chapters examine different types of insulin, and its delivery and uses for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. A complete chapter is dedicated to analogue insulin, a sub-group of human insulin, which is laboratory grown but genetically altered to create either a more rapid acting or more uniformly acting form of the insulin (Diabetes.co.uk).
The final chapter covers adverse effects of insulin therapy and a detailed appendices section discusses storage of insulin, and injection sites and techniques.
Key points
Presents current concepts in use of insulin therapy for management of diabetes
Complete chapter dedicated to insulin analogues
Detailed appendices section examines storage of insulin and injection administration
Highly experienced author team
Contents
History of Insulin therapy
Physiology of glucose homeostasis and insulin secretion
Insulin types and pharmacokinetics
Insulin analogues: Current use and future directions
Advances in Insulin delievery devices
Insulin therapy in type 1 diabetes
Insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes
Treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state
Insulin management of hospitalized patients
Insulin therapy in special situations
Adverse Effects of insulin therapy
Appendix 1: Storage of Insulin
Appendix 2: Insulin injection sites
Appendix 3: Injection techniques, needle reuse, and disposal
