Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem affecting over 415 million people in the world. Extensive research over the decades and the recent discovery of new medicines have revolutionized our understanding and treatment of both type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes mellitus. This book contains selected topics that describe recent advances in research, and state of the art treatment of the two types of diabetes mellitus and their complications. The topics encompass epidemiology and pathogenesis of diabetes, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and related complications. The chapters contain essential background materials, as well as recent advances in researches in different aspects of diabetes mellitus. The books is expected to be useful for researchers, research students, as well as for the clinicians engaged in diabetes care and diabetes research.

Freshen up and deepen your understanding of evidence-based diabetes care Grasp the depth and the breadth of the discoveries that have transformed diabetes care A must read for the clinicians and the scientists interested in the broad filed of diabetes

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Md. Shahidul Islam, M.D., Ph.D. is a Senior Consultant Physician at the Department of Emergency Care and Internal Medicine in the Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; and an Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Science and Research, Södersjukhuset, in the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Other books recently edited by the author include: Hypertension: from Basic Research to Clinical Practice, Thrombosis and Embolism: from Research to Clinical Practice, and Heart Failure: from Research to Clinical Practice.   

Inhalt
Preface.- Diabetes: from research to clinical practice.- Glucose lowering treatment modalities of type 2 diabetes mellitus.- Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults: a review of clinically relevant issues.- Hypoglycemia.- Hypoglycemia, Malnutrition and Body Composition.- Acute metabolic emergencies in diabetes: DKA, HHS and EDKA.- The role of the Mediterranean dietary pattern on metabolic control of patients with diabetes mellitus: a narrative review.- Glycaemic control and vascular complications in diabetes mellitus type 2.- Diabetes Mellitus and Acute Myocardial Infarction: impact on short and long-term mortality.- Effects of GLP-1 and Its Analogs on Gastric Physiology in Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity.- GLP-1 Receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors for the treatment of type 2 diabetes: new insights and opportunities for cardiovascular protection.- Glucose Lowering Efficacy and Pleiotropic Effects of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors.- Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis.- Management of gestational diabetes mellitus.- From entero-endocrine cell biology to surgical interventional therapies for type 2 diabetes.- Laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy as a treatment option for adults with diabetes mellitus.- Surgical Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Youth.- Insulin recommender systems for T1DM: a review.- Algorithms for Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macula Edema- A Review.- Diabetic macular edema: state of art and intraocular pharmacological approaches.- New Concepts in the Management of Charcot Neuroarthropathy in Diabetes.- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Diabetes Mellitus.- Global Experience of Diabetes Registries: A Systematic Review.- Diabetes and genetics: a relationship between genetic risk alleles, clinical phenotypes and therapeutic approaches.- Dietary SCFAs immunotherapy: Reshaping the Gut Microbiota in Diabetes.- Animal models and renal biomarkers of diabetic nephropathy.- In vivo and in vitro models of diabetes: a focus on pregnancy.