Endocrine Emergencies

Endocrine Emergencies – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780323760973,032376097X,9780323760997, 0323760996

Product detail:

• ISBN 10: 0323760996
• ISBN 13: 9780323760997
• Author: Alexander L. Shifrin

Endocrine emergencies are often potentially life-threatening and can be easily overlooked in patients with no history of endocrine disease. Endocrine Emergencies is a practical guide to identification and treatment for today’s clinicians, offering essential coverage of common and serious emergencies related to endocrine metabolic conditions of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands.

• Guides clinicians on how to recognize, diagnose, and treat each condition using up-to-date diagnostic techniques and therapeutics.
• Provides full-color, state-of-the-art coverage of key topics such as acute thyrotoxicosis and thyroid storm, ocular emergencies in Graves’ ophthalmopathy, diabetic ketoacidosis, hypopituitarism, postoperative thyroid surgical emergencies, pheochromocytoma, and much more.
• Features separate chapters on emergencies related to neuroendocrine tumors, pregnant patients, and pediatric patients.
• Includes sections on emergency overview, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in each chapter.

Table of contents:

1. Part 1 Thyroid
2. Part 2 Postoperative Thyroid Surgical Emergencies
3. Part 3 Parathyroid
4. Part 4 Adrenal Glands
5. Part 5 Endocrine Pancreas and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
6. Part 6 Neuroendocrine Tumors: Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors
7. Part 7 Pituitary
8. Part 8 Endocrine Emergencies During Pregnancy
9. Part 9 Immunotherapy–Associated Endocrinopathies
10. Part 10 Endocrine Responses in Critically Ill Trauma Patients: Nuclear Emergency

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