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Vascular complications of diabetes [electronic resource] : current issues in pathogenesis and treatment / editor, Richard Donnelly ; associate editor, Edward Horton.

Contributor(s): Donnelly, Richard, 1960- | Horton, Edward S | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: vi, 234 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Diabetic angiopathiesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 616.1/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The public health impact of the diabetes epidemic -- Risk factors -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Coronary heart disease and diabetes -- Diabetes and cerebrovascular disease -- Erectile dysfunction -- Evidence-based interventions to prevent or retard vascular complications -- Classification and clinical features of neuropathy -- Pathophsiology [sic] of diabetic neuropathy -- Epidemiology and natural history of DPN -- Detections/screenings/assessment -- Foot ulceration and charcot arthropathy -- Treatment options -- Management guidelines for diabetic peripheral neuropathy and foot ulceration -- Diabetic retinopathy: epidemiology and risk factors -- Classification and diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy -- Diabetic maculopathy -- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy -- Non-retinal diabetic ocular complications -- Pathophysiology & potential targets for therapeutic intervention -- Protein kinase C -- PKC activation & vascular permeability -- Role of PKC activation in cardiovascular and renal complications of diabetes -- Experimental pharmacology using isoform-selective PKC inhibitors -- Clinical trials with ruboxistaurin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The public health impact of the diabetes epidemic -- Risk factors -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Coronary heart disease and diabetes -- Diabetes and cerebrovascular disease -- Erectile dysfunction -- Evidence-based interventions to prevent or retard vascular complications -- Classification and clinical features of neuropathy -- Pathophsiology [sic] of diabetic neuropathy -- Epidemiology and natural history of DPN -- Detections/screenings/assessment -- Foot ulceration and charcot arthropathy -- Treatment options -- Management guidelines for diabetic peripheral neuropathy and foot ulceration -- Diabetic retinopathy: epidemiology and risk factors -- Classification and diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy -- Diabetic maculopathy -- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy -- Non-retinal diabetic ocular complications -- Pathophysiology & potential targets for therapeutic intervention -- Protein kinase C -- PKC activation & vascular permeability -- Role of PKC activation in cardiovascular and renal complications of diabetes -- Experimental pharmacology using isoform-selective PKC inhibitors -- Clinical trials with ruboxistaurin.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.