Editor: Celia M. Levesque. Consulting Editor: Jan Foster
Publisher: Elsevier – 141 pages
Book Review by: Nano Khilnani

About 8.3 percent of people living in the United States have diabetes mellitus, writes Celia M. Levesque, the editor of this book. Based on the current U.S. population of nearly 319 million (go to: http://www.census.gov/popclock) that amounts to more than 26 million people. She states that people with diabetes are twice as likely to be hospitalized, and their hospital stay is 30 percent longer than those without diabetes.

The average hospital stay in this country is 4.9 days, and the average spending per patient was $33,079 in 2010, which nearly doubled from $17,390 in 2000. However the median spending per patient (if this is any better news for you) was $18,142 in that year, which was nearly three times the spending amount of $6,222 per patient abroad, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

With such sobering statistics, it is critical that diabetes information be widely disseminated. This is a collection of 14 articles written mainly by registered nurses most of whom are also critical-care nurses. The various practical aspects of care for hospitalized diabetic patients or those with hyperglycemia are covered in this compact set of written guidelines bound in hardcover form for use by you the student or practitioner.

This is a handy, lightweight, time-saving and efficient compendium of “to-do’s and don’ts.” Time-saving because a single-paragraph summary of each article is provided for you at the beginning of this book. Efficient because where else will you find so many written pieces on diabetes critical care in a single book?

You can read any or all articles of the authors named below, contained in this book

  • Guidelines for Care of the Hospitalized Patient with Hyperglycemia and Diabetes
  • Management of Hyperglycemia in the Intensive Care Unit: When Glucose Reaches Critical Levels
  • Intravenous Insulin Infusions : What Nurses Need  to Know
  • Perioperative Care of Patients with Diabetes
  • Hyperglycemic Management After Solid Organ Transplantation
  • Use of Noninsulin Antidiabetic Medications in Hospitalized Patients
  • Use of Insulin in Noncritically-Ill Hospitalized Patients with Hyperglycemia and Diabetes
  • Management of Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes
  • Diabetes and Heart Failure
  • Diabetes Education in Hospitalized Children: Developmental and Situational Concerns
  • Management of the Hospitalized Diabetes Patient with Insulin Pump
  • Critical Care Diabetes Education: Who, What, When, Where, and Why

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Consulting Editor:
Jan Foster, PhD, RN, CNS – College of Nursing, Texas Women’s University, Houston, Texas

Editor
Celia M. Levesque, RN, MSN, NP-C, CNS-BC, BC-ADM, CDE
Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Houston, Texas

Authors
Ashraf Abbas, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC
Veronica Brady, MSN, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CD
Becky Childers, RN, MSNspEd, CDE
Kate Crawford, RN, MSN, ANP-C, BC-ADM
Esperanza Galvan, MS, RN, CVRN, CDE
Linda Wills Gibson, RN MSN, CRRN, ANP-C
Talar L. Grover, MS, RN, CNS, CDE
Judy Keaveny, RN, MSN, CNS M-S, CDE
Cori Kopecky, MSN, RN, OCN
Celia M. Levesque, RN, MSN, NP-C, CNS-BC, BC-ADM, CDE
Ashley Martin, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
Deborah McCrea, RN, MSN, CNS, CEN, CFRN, EMT-P
Johnny L. Rollins, RN, MSN, ANP-C
Barb Schreiner, PhD, RN, CDE, BC-ADM, CPLP