Metabolic Syndrome

From Risk Factors to Management

Michael J. Blaha, Rajesh Tota-Maharaj

Pubblication date May 2012
Language
Format 12 × 17 cm
Number pages 192
ISBN 978-88-9741-919-8
ISBN e-book 978-88-9741-920-4 Acquista ebook

Increased caloric intake, increased refined carbohydrate consumption, and physical inactivity have led to an explosion in the worldwide incidence of abdominal obesity and the emerging epidemic of insulin resistance, resulting in an increase of metabolic syndrome. The comprehensive “ABCDE” approach presented in this book provides a memory tool for use in everyday clinical practice. In this unique, easy-to-read text, the 17 most important clinical trials in the field of the metabolic syndrome are presented, that every clinician should know.

Target

Cardiologists, diabetologists, general practitioners, internists.

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Michael J. Blaha, Rajesh Tota-Maharaj

COD: 978-88-9741-919-8 Categoria:

Increased caloric intake, increased refined carbohydrate consumption, and physical inactivity have led to an explosion in the worldwide incidence of abdominal obesity and the emerging epidemic of insulin resistance, resulting in an increase of metabolic syndrome. The comprehensive “ABCDE” approach presented in this book provides a memory tool for use in everyday clinical practice. In this unique, easy-to-read text, the 17 most important clinical trials in the field of the metabolic syndrome are presented, that every clinician should know.

From Risk Factors to Management

Michael J. Blaha, Rajesh Tota-Maharaj

Pubblication date May 2012
Language
Format 12 × 17 cm
Number pages 192
ISBN 978-88-9741-919-8
ISBN e-book 978-88-9741-920-4 Acquista ebook

Authors

Michael J. Blaha
Preventive cardiologist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Rajesh Tota-Maharaj
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Summary

  • Metabolic syndrome. A global problem
    • Definition
    • Causes and components
    • Consequences
  • The comprehensive “ABCDE” approach to management
    • A = Assessment of cardiovascular risk / Aspirine
    • B = Blood pressure
    • C = Cholesterol
    • D = Diet / Diabetes prevention
    • E = Exercise therapy
  • Metabolic syndrome in the pediatric population
  • Clinical trials