Management of Diabetic Complications: Calling for a Team Approach

Diabetic complications, which occur both acutely and on a chronic basis, are an enormous challenge facing doctors at every level of care.There needs to be more knowledge, which is compiled into a textbook and is unavailable for reference- taking this into account, to provide clinical care, to address challenges to family physicians, nurses, diabetologists, subspecialty physicians, surgeons, doctors in training, and telemedicine consultations.

This book is a compilation of different subjects in diabetic care, which can be easily referred to in diverse situations and organ involvement for appropriate management strategies. This book covers not only common complications lucidly but rare complications with a structured management plan.

The book contains up-to-date information with color / black & white figures to explain the disease process and follow-up plans. The book is good teaching material for medical students, interns, nurses, and junior-level doctors and consultants. Chapters will provide a simple, comprehensive complication assessment with essential highlights―for example, foot ulcers and skin infections with management strategies for day-to-day evaluation. It covers any disease process with skin and mucus membrane involvement with serious issues such as Stroke, Myocardial Infarction, and CKD.

Dr. Georgi Abraham is a professor and consultant nephrologist at MGM Healthcare, Chennai, India. He has been in academics for 37 years as a medical teacher in India and abroad. He has edited four medical books and contributed chapters to 32 medical textbooks. He was the founder and president of the peritoneal dialysis society of India and is currently the president of the Indian Society of Transplantation. He was a faculty in 34 countries and had 342 publications.

Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev is an Indian diabetologist, researcher, and philanthropist and is currently the Chairman of Jothydev's Diabetes Research Centers located in Trivandrum, Kochi, Attingal, and Haripad, Kerala, India. He is an internationally known expert in insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring, and telemedicine. He is also a pioneer in the cost-effective treatment of diabetes using telemedicine and technology. He has more than 450 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is a sought-after faculty in national and international forums.

Dr. Priyanka Govindan, MD (AB), graduated from Sri Ramachandra medical college. She did her residency at the University of Connecticut and her fellowship at the University of Washington. She currently teaches at Colorado University School of Medicine and works on CKDu research.

Dr. Nanditha Arun  is a director and consultant diabetologist of Dr. A. Ramachandran's diabetes hospitals. She has published extensively in regional & International Journals and is a co-investigator in many drug trials related to diabetes mellitus. She also received a young investigator award at JPEF in 2019 & Tanker Foundation in 2020.

Dr. Suneeta Teckchandani is a consultant physician in Acute Medicine. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. She has completed her specialty certificate in Acute Medicine with specialist skills in echocardiography and acute cardiology. She has several poster publications and a few international journal publications.