Diabetic Neuropathy and Clinical Practice

ISBN-13: 9789811524165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 290 str.

Sanjeev Kelkar

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Spectrum of Diabetic Neuropathy and its clinical implications.- Chapter 2: Pathophysiology of Diabetic Neuropathy.- Chapter3: Epidemiology of Diabetic Neuropathy in South and Middle Eastern Populations.- Chapter4: Clinical Examination in Diabetic Neuropathy and Neuropathic Scales.- Chapter 5: Laboratory Evaluation and Normative Values in Diabetic Neuropathy.- Chapter 6: Medical Treatment of Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy.- Chapter 7: Neuropathic Deformities and Diabetic Footwear.- Chapter 8: Surgical Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy.- Chapter 9: Neuropathic Miscellany in Diabetes.

 

O autorze

Sanjeev Kelkar, received his MD from the University of Mumbai in January 1980. He has worked in various fields of health care, including tribal / rural health for ten years. He has also worked at specialist institutes, multinational pharmaceutical companies, and been involved in innovative postgraduate teaching programs in diabetes and internal medicine in collaboration with foreign universities. Further, he has worked extensively with international bodies, setting up and developing different models of health care. He was the Founder Secretary of the unique Diabetic Foot Society of India, which has achieved a Guinness world record for the most diabetic foot screenings in a day. He has received prestigious awards, including from the Australian Government and Australian industry for best international collaboration, and from the Lite for Life Foundation for his essay on Tuberculosis Control in India. For several years he worked in rural West Bengal and Tripura, helping establish hospitals with modern facilities and intensive care units. Thanks to his broad experience, he had gained a comprehensive overview of health care and the issues plaguing it. He has edited several widely acclaimed books on diabetic foot care, and has written one on diabetes and surgery that is used as a reference guide by Indian practitioners in the field.
 

 

Blurb

Diabetic Neuropathy and Clinical Practice aims to improve the pathophysiological understanding of the entire spectrum from sensory motor to autonomic diabetic neuropathy, its correlation with the symptoms, improving thereby the communication with the patient including prognostication and other tools that one should utilize to better management. It also emphasizes the need to regain the grip on the basic sciences of clinical medicine to deal with it better - Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Pathology and gives the necessary details. The volume aims at explaining what the clinicians need most to help patients and may not possess.