Allgrove / Swift / Greene Evidence-Based Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69152-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Evidence-Based Medicine

Evidence-based Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes bringstogether an international group of paediatric diabetes specialiststo address the cause, course and complications of all types ofdiabetes. From a careful review of the latest research, theypropose the best possible evidence-based recommendations for thecare of children and the youth with diabetes.
The text provides the reader with an understanding across threedifferent levels:
* Reviews how strong the evidence is for recommending oneapproach over another
* Highlights areas where evidence is not based on the typesof studies needed to provide 'highgraderecommendations', but where there is a general consensus asto the most sensible approach
* Identifies the issues that remain inadequately addressedsuch that no definitive recommendations can be made
As the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus continues toincrease worldwide, and type 2 is being seen in more young people,this timely volume will help a wide range of health careprofessionals deliver the best possible care to their youngpatients.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allgrove, Jeremy

Swift, Peter

Greene, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
1 Methodology of evidence-based medicine.
Jeremy Allgrove (Royal London Hospital).
2 Definition, epidemiology and classification of diabetes andstructure.
of the diabetes team.
Maria Craig (Institute of Endocrinology & Diabetes), SarahJ. Glastras (Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes) & KimDonaghue (The Children's Hospital at Westmead).
3 Aetiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus - genetics,autoimmunity.
and trigger factors.
Loredana Marcovecchio (University of Cambridge), David B. Dunger(University of Cambridge),.
Mark Peakman (King's College London) & Keith W. Taylor(Barts and the London).
4 Type 1 diabetes mellitus - management.
Joanne J. Spinks (John Radcliffe Hospital), Julie A. Edge (JohnRadcliffe Hospital), Krystyna Matyka (Clinical Sciences ResearchInstitute) & Shital Malik (Paediatric SpecialistRegistrar).
5 Type 1 diabetes mellitus in the very young child.
Stuart Brink (Tufts University School of Medicine).
6 Adolescence and diabetes: clinical and social scienceperspectives.
Alexandra Greene (University of Aberdeen) & Stephen Greene(Maternal and Child Health Sciences).
7 Management of special situations in diabetes.
Fergus J. Cameron (Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes)& Jeremy Allgrove (Royal London Hospital).
8 Dietary management: optimising diabetes outcomes.
Sheridan Waldron (Leicestershire Nutrition and DieteticService).
9 Education in childhood diabetes.
Peter G.F. Swift (Leicester Royal Infirmary).
10 Psychological interventions in childhood diabetes.
John W. Gregory (Cardiff University) & Sue Channon(Consultant Clinical Psychologist).
11 Screening for associated conditions and prevention ofcomplications.
Catherine Peters (SpR Paediatric Endocrinology) & JeremyAllgrove (Royal London Hospital).
12 Type 2 diabetes mellitus - genetics, diagnosis andmanagement.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
John Porter (Birmingham Children's Hospital) & TimothyG. Barrett (Institute of Child Health).
13 Rare forms of diabetes.
Julian Shield (University of Bristol), Maciej T. Malecki(Jagiellonian University), Nicola A. Bridges (Chelsea andWestminster Hospital) & Jeremy Allgrove (Royal LondonHospital).
14 Diabetes and information technology.
Kenneth J. Robertson (Royal Hospital for Sick Children).
Abbreviations.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy Allgrove is Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, StBartholomew's Hospital and Newham General Hospital. He is therepresentative of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health(RCPCH) on the Diabetes Dataset Advisory Group (England).
Dr Peter Swift is Consultant Paediatrician (diabetes andendocrinology) at the Leicester Royal Infirmary Children'sHospital, UK. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the InternationalSociety for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) ConsensusGuidelines since 1996.
Dr Stephen Greene is Consultant Paediatrician, NinewellsHospital, Dundee and Chairman of the SIGN (Scottish IntercollegiateGuidelines Network) on Diabetes in Children and Young Adults. SIGNguidelines are recognised as leading publications in evidence-basedmanagement.
Over the last 12 years Stephen Greene's group has developed aninternational reputation in research in various areas of chronicdisease in childhood and adolescence, particularly Type 1 diabetes,and childhood growth.