Thirst updates the 'Treaty of Diabetes Mellitus' to answer all questions about medical care.
"We have attended a progressive recognition of diabetes as a paradigm of chronic disease, with a huge and growing impact both health and social. Therefore, it was essential to create a new treaty, which would serve as a reference work for the knowledge of this disease inSpanish Language, "explained the president of SED, Edelmiro Menéndez.
In this new edition of the Treaty, about a hundred diabetes expert professionals have participated, and has been directed by Menéndez himself with Anna Novials and Raquel Barrio.
Specifically, the main changes have occurred in the treatment of the disease, with the introduction of novelties in pharmacological management, although an "extraordinary" evolution in diagnosis and control methods have also originated."Technology has broken down in a remarkable way, and in that way it is where we are seeing the greatest changes that can improve the quality of life of people with diabetes in a radical way," said the president of thirst.
restructuring all sections and chapters
But, it continues, progress has also come from the recognition of the important role of therapeutic education in diabetes, the empowerment of patients and the need for a new organization of care for people with this chronic disease, all these aspects that havebeen addressed in this manual.
Therefore, the treaty undertakes a restructuring of all sections and chapters, taking into account aspects such as epidemiology, pathophysiology and molecular bases.They also highlight social aspects, with special attention to the treatment and management of patients, as well as possible complications and cardiovascular risk factors.
As for the work methodology followed, the three directors of the work have chosen the sections and chapters to be developed from each section and, in turn, each section has been assigned to an expert in the field, which has been in charge ofRequest the chapters to specialists and that has been responsible for giving the "necessary cohesion" to each of them.
"Diabetes is the biggest public health problem of the 21st century and the accumulation of knowledge about this disease has accelerated in recent years in an exponential way. Therefore, it is necessary to be up to date to provide the best care for patients,And in this work all the current knowledge is collected in a modern format, easy to read and consult, ”said Menéndez.
The treaty is aimed not only to family doctors and endocrinologists, but also to all those specialists who, at one time or another of their professional activity, will attend in their daily clinical practice to diabetic patients.
