Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous collection of disorders unified by a state of diminished insulin action which may result from:
- decreased insulin secretion
- a reduction in the effectiveness of secreted insulin
- a combination of the above.
Diabetes mellitus, irrespective of its aetiology, is characterised by hyperglycaemia and is defined in terms of plasma glucose levels.
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- Epidemiology of diabetes
- Clinical classification of diabetes mellitus
- Aetiology of diabetes mellitus
- Pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus
- Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
- Clinical features
- Management
- Complications of diabetes
- Prognosis
- Diabetic emergencies
- Travel and diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes and intercurrent illness
- Type 2 diabetes and intercurrent illness
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Diabetes mellitus and hypertension
- Shortcut - classification of diabetes
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