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Title

Diabetes complicating pregnancy : the Joslin Clinic method / editors Florence M. Brown, John W Hare.

Publication

New York : Wiley-Liss, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Brown, Florence M., 1957-
• Hare, John W.
• Joslin Clinic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88091473

Description

xii, 220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• Now in a rigorously updated second edition, Diabetes Complicating Pregnancy: The Joslin Clinic Method is the definitive clinical manual for the practitioner caring for the pregnant patient with either pre-existing or gestational-onset diabetes. The book offers a wealth of practical data covering everything from the basic pathophysiology of the disease to its dietary and pharmacological management.
• Presenting contributions from a wide range of specialists, Diabetes Complicating Pregnancy: The Joslin Clinic Method, Second Edition offers their collected expertise in a single, concise, and accessible volume. As a practical manual for the day-to-day management of the pregnant patient with diabetes, this book is an ideal resource for diabetologists, obstetricians, perinatologists, nutritionists, and social workers.
• The successful management of diabetes in the pregnant patient requires a cooperative effort from a diverse group of healthcare specialists. For more than fifty years, the Joslin Clinic has fostered a multidisciplinary approach to caring for diabetic pregnancy and earned a worldwide reputation as the leading institution in this area.
• The text is divided into sections that address the key considerations in diabetic pregnancy - encompassing its metabolic, medical, obstetrical, fetal, and personal aspects.

Subjects

• Pregnancy in Diabetics
• Diabetes in pregnancy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface / Florence M. Brown and John W. Hare -- Ch. 1. Pathophysiology / John W. Hare and Florence M. Brown -- Ch. 2. Gestational Diabetes / Aviva Lee-Parritz and Linda J. Heffner -- Ch. 3. Medical Management / Florence M. Brown and John W. Hare -- Ch. 4. Home Management / Suzanne Z. Ghiloni -- Ch. 5. Nutritional Management / Anna Maria Bertorelli -- Ch. 6. Exercise / Catherine A. Mullooly -- Ch. 7. Diabetic Retinopathy in Pregnancy / Timothy J. Murtha -- Ch. 8. Maternal Complications: Nephropathy, Neuropathy, and Coronary Artery Disease / Florence M. Brown and John W. Hare -- Ch. 9. Obstetrical Management / Robert N. Blatman and Vanessa A. Barss -- Ch. 10. Obstetrical Complications / David B. Acker and Vanessa A. Barss -- Ch. 11. Neonatal Management / John P. Cloherty -- Ch. 12. Congenital Malformations / Michael F. Greene and Florence M. Brown -- Ch. 13. Psychosocial Responses to Pregnant Women with Diabetes / Elisabeth Kay.

ISBN

0471110310 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

95008383

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries