| Putting Your Patients on the Pump Contributor(s): Bolderman, Karen M. (Author), Argento, Nicholas B. (Contribution by), Scheiner, Gary (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1580404979 ISBN-13: 9781580404976 Publisher: American Diabetes Association OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Diabetes - Medical | Endocrinology & Metabolism - Medical | Diseases |
| Dewey: 616.462 |
| LCCN: 2012049593 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a clear and concise style, the extensively revised Putting Your Patients on the Pump offers physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinicians, and educators experience and practical guidance on how to help patients successfully manage their diabetes using an insulin pump. Ten chapters provide an in-depth description of insulin pump therapy advantages and disadvantages, pump and infusion set options and selection, pump candidate basics, getting the patient ready, pump start-up, pump therapy management, other considerations (e.g., dining out, alcohol, exercise and physical activity, intimacy, managing sick days, stress, travel, weight change, menses and menopause, pregnancy, pediatrics, and older patients), resources, tips from pump experts, and insulin pumps of the future. Filled with checklists and step-by-step instructions, Putting Your Patients on the Pump is the ideal resource for health care professionals with expertise in diabetes care who wish to successfully start and maintain diabetes patients on insulin pump therapy. |