The introduction takes you from the beginning to the present, including history, statistics, criteria for diagnosis, etiology, and physiology of the disease itself.
Although acute care treatment (Chapter 6: In-Hospital Management of Diabetes Mellitus ) perhaps should have been placed first, for handy reference, we decided to include some background to aid the reader in recognizing why a particular treatment is espoused. Treatment of diabetes when one has an infection and the effect of sleep apnea related to diabetes management ( Management in the Clinic ), along with treatment of hypoglycemia and school issues ( In-Home Management ), are also included. In this light, a reader interested in aspects of acute care or general diabetes treatment could read only the first two parts (Part I Introduction and Part II Management) or just Part II and obtain the immediate information desired.