Diabetes Care at a Glance

Contributors ix Acknowledgements x Part 1 Introduction 1 1 Diabetes prevention 2 2 Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes 4 3 Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes 6 4 Consultation approaches and language matters 8 Part 2 Principles of diabetes care 11 5 Promotion of healthy eating 12 6 Physical activity promotion 14 7 Promoting weight loss 16 8 Structured education in type 1 diabetes 18 9 Structured education in type 2 diabetes 20 10 Information prescriptions 22 11 Emotional and psychological support 24 12 Person-centred goal setting and assessing risk 26 13 Partnership working and adjustment to living with diabetes 28 Part 3 Pharmacological treatments 31 14 Oral antidiabetic medications 32 15 Insulin options 34 16 Insulin administration and injection technique 36 17 Insulin pump therapy 38 18 Self blood glucose monitoring 40 19 Continuous and flash glucose monitoring 42 20 Interpreting glucose data 44 21 Blood pressure and lipid management 46 Part 4 Acute complications 49 22 Recognizing and treating hypoglycaemia 50 23 Sick day advice 52 24 Diabetes-related ketoacidosis 54 25 Diabetes and steroids 56 Part 5 Life Stages 59 26 Transition 60 27 Preconception care and diabetes 62 28 Gestational diabetes 64 Part 6 Complications 67 29 Annual reviews in diabetes care 68 30 Neurovascular foot assessment 70 31 ACT NOW: A foot assessment tool 72 32 Types of ulcers and their presentations 74 33 Wound healing and tissue viability 76 Part 7 Risk reductions 79 34 Cardiovascular disease risk reduction 80 35 Neuropathic complications of diabetes 82 36 Nephropathic complications 84 37 Retinal screening 86 38 Retinopathy 88 39 Liver complications 90 40 Skin conditions in diabetes 92 41 Sexual dysfunction in people with diabetes 94 Part 8 Other considerations 97 42 Travel and diabetes 98 43 Monogenic diabetes 100 44 Older people with diabetes 102 45 Cognitive decline and diabetes 104 46 End of life and diabetes 106 Index 108