Book contents
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Section I Basic Principles
- Section II Core Drugs in Anaesthetic Practice
- Section III Cardiovascular Drugs
- Section IV Other Important Drugs
- Chapter 18 Central Nervous System
- Chapter 19 Antiemetics and Related Drugs
- Chapter 20 Drugs Acting on the Gut
- Chapter 21 Intravenous Fluids, Minerals and Nutrition
- Chapter 22 Diuretics
- Chapter 23 Antimicrobials
- Chapter 24 Drugs Affecting Coagulation
- Chapter 25 Drugs Used in Diabetes Mellitus
- Chapter 26 Corticosteroids and Other Hormone Preparations
- Index
Chapter 25 - Drugs Used in Diabetes Mellitus
from Section IV - Other Important Drugs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2021
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Section I Basic Principles
- Section II Core Drugs in Anaesthetic Practice
- Section III Cardiovascular Drugs
- Section IV Other Important Drugs
- Chapter 18 Central Nervous System
- Chapter 19 Antiemetics and Related Drugs
- Chapter 20 Drugs Acting on the Gut
- Chapter 21 Intravenous Fluids, Minerals and Nutrition
- Chapter 22 Diuretics
- Chapter 23 Antimicrobials
- Chapter 24 Drugs Affecting Coagulation
- Chapter 25 Drugs Used in Diabetes Mellitus
- Chapter 26 Corticosteroids and Other Hormone Preparations
- Index
Summary
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterised by persistent hyperglycaemia. Diabetes mellitus is caused either by deficient endogenous insulin secretion or by resistance to the action of insulin. This leads to abnormalities of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism and subsequent damage to multiple body tissues and organ systems.
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- Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care , pp. 346 - 354Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021