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Lifestyle Disease Management

Hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and obesity: diagnosis to expert therapy

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  • 109 pages
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  • 1st (2026) edition
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Hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia and obesity covered in the same bedside sequence: definition and classification, basic investigations, lifestyle therapy, drugs by class with doses and cautions, step-up and combination therapy, advanced investigations, secondary causes, complications and emergencies. Includes a complete insulin chart with regimens for starting, titrating and switching, protocols for hypoglycaemia, DKA and HHS, and inpatient and perioperative care. Based on the 2025 AHA/ACC and 2024 ESC hypertension guidelines, ADA Standards of Care 2026, current lipid guidelines and Indian guidance from ICMR, RSSDI, CSI and LAI. 30 chapters, 16 case scenarios and quick-reference cards, for MBBS students, interns, residents, GPs and physicians.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: Practising doctors, PG (MD/MS/DNB)

Inside this book

  1. 1. Lifestyle Diseases — The Cardiometabolic Epidemic
  2. 2. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
  3. 3. Lifestyle Therapy — The Common Foundation
  4. 4. Hypertension — Definition, Measurement and Classification
  5. 5. Initial Evaluation and Basic Investigations in Hypertension
  6. 6. Antihypertensive Drugs — Class, Drug and Dose
  7. 7. Step-Up Treatment and Combination Therapy in Hypertension
  8. 8. Resistant and Secondary Hypertension — Advanced Evaluation
  9. 9. Hypertensive Emergencies and Hypertension in Pregnancy
  10. 10. Diabetes — Definition, Classification and Diagnosis
  11. 11. Initial Evaluation, Investigations and Targets in Diabetes
  12. 12. Lifestyle and Medical Nutrition Therapy in Diabetes
  13. 13. Non-Insulin Glucose-Lowering Drugs — Class, Drug and Dose
  14. 14. Step-Up and Combination Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes
  15. 15. Insulin — Types, Profiles and the Complete Insulin Chart
  16. 16. Insulin Regimens, Initiation and Titration
  17. 17. Inpatient, Perioperative and Sick-Day Diabetes Management
  18. 18. Glucose Monitoring and Hypoglycaemia
  19. 19. Hyperglycaemic Emergencies — DKA and HHS
  20. 20. Chronic Complications of Diabetes — Screening and Management
  21. 21. Diabetes in Special Situations
  22. 22. Dyslipidaemia — Lipoproteins, Definition and Classification
  23. 23. Lipid Evaluation, Risk Categories and Targets
  24. 24. Lipid-Lowering Drugs and Step-Up Therapy
  25. 25. Obesity — Definition, Classification and Staging
  26. 26. Evaluation of the Patient with Obesity
  27. 27. Lifestyle Therapy and Anti-Obesity Medications
  28. 28. Metabolic–Bariatric Surgery and Long-Term Obesity Care
  29. 29. Integrated Cardiometabolic Care — Putting It All Together
  30. 30. Case-Based Learning — 16 Lifestyle Disease Scenarios

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