Principles of corticosteroid therapy / edited by Andrew N. Lin and Stephen A. Paget.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lin, Andrew N.

Paget, Stephen A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adrenocortical hormones--Therapeutic use.

Adrenocortical hormones.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones--therapeutic use.

Medical Subjects:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones--therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

xii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Arnold ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Principles of Corticosteroid Therapy provides a thorough and systematic overview of the clinical use of corticosteroids, a class of drugs whose potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive actions have placed them among the most widely used in medicine. However, these drugs have many serious side effects on many organ systems. Proper use requires a thorough understanding of their mechanism of action, clinical indications, and adverse effects. This book offers a thorough discussion of the side effects of corticosteroids, and outlines in detail the use of corticosteroids in diseases that affect each organ system. It also covers the use of corticosteroids in pregnancy, the neonatal period, childhood and adolescence, as well as special management issues such as pulse corticosteroid therapy, and medico-legal aspects.

Principles of Corticosteroid Therapy will be of major interest to physicians in all branches of internal medicine, as well as family physicians, pediatricians, and all physicians who prescribe corticosteroids. Medical students will find it especially useful during their training in pharmacology and clinical medicine, and it will be an indispensable text to residents in internal medicine and all its subspecialties. Written by internationally recognized clinicians in internal medicine, immunology, rheumatology, and other fields of medicine, Principles of Corticosteroid Therapy is the first comprehensive, authoritative text to discuss the clinical use of corticosteroids.

Contents:

Section I Overview of Corticosteroid Therapy

Chapter 1 History of corticosteroid therapy / Carl A Berntsen, Andrew N Lin 3

Chapter 2 Clinical use of corticosteroids: an overview / Stephen A Paget 6

Section II Basic Science Aspects

Chapter 3 Physiological functions of corticosteroids / Thomas J Schmidt 19

Chapter 4 Mechanism of glucocorticoid action on the immune system and in inflammation / Mary K Crow 41

Section III Systemic Effects of Corticosteroid Therapy

Chapter 5 Corticosteroids and the skeletal system / Alexandra Papaioannou, Nicole C Ferko, Jonathan D Adachi 69

Chapter 6 Steroid myopathy / Lawrence J Kagen 87

Chapter 7 Corticosteroids and the gastrointestinal tract / Jay Katzman, Pretam G Rampersaud, Basil Rigas 91

Chapter 8 Corticosteroids and the endocrine system / Khaldoun Alnabelsi, Michelle Jardine, Jason Wexler, Julianne Imperato-McGinley 100

Chapter 9 Corticosteroids and the eye / Scott E Brodie 131

Chapter 10 Corticosteroids and the cardiovascular system / Dalton E Sholter, Paul W Armstrong 135

Chapter 11 Corticosteroids and the hematopoietic system / John P Leonard, Roy L Silverstein 144

Chapter 12 Corticosteroids and the nervous system / Alexis Demopoulos, Brian R Apatoff 150

Chapter 13 Corticosteroids and the integument / Stephen E Wolverton 166

Chapter 14 Corticosteroids and behavioral disturbances / James P Halper 174

Section IV Clinical Usage

Chapter 15 Corticosteroid replacement therapy / Robert H Lustig 205

Chapter 16 Corticosteroids in the rheumatic and autoimmune disorders / Linda Russell, Stephen A Paget 221

Chapter 17 Corticosteroids in renal diseases / Roxana M Bologa, Manikkam Suthanthiran 238

Chapter 18 Corticosteroids in ocular diseases / Scott E Brodie 252

Chapter 19 Corticosteroids in allergic disorders / Helen E Bateman, Catherine A Monteleone 261

Chapter 20 Corticosteroids in lung diseases / Abraham Sanders 272

Chapter 21 Corticosteroids in infectious diseases / Ameeta E Singh, David L Tyrrell 285

Chapter 22 Corticosteroids in gastrointestinal diseases / Jay Katzman, Pretam G Rampersaud, Basil Rigas 307

Chapter 23 Corticosteroids in diseases of the nervous system / Deborah B Gruber, Brian R Apatoff 327

Chapter 24 Corticosteroids in cutaneous diseases / Andrew N Lin, Samuel L Moschella 346

Chapter 25 Corticosteroids in cardiovascular diseases / Dalton E Sholter, Paul W Armstrong 360

Chapter 26 Corticosteroids in hematologic diseases / Ronit Simantov, Roy L Silverstein 365

Chapter 27 Corticosteroids in neoplastic disorders / Johanna M LaSala, Roy L Silverstein 375

Section V Special Management Considerations

Chapter 28 Corticosteroids in pregnancy and lactation / Lisa R Sammaritano 387

Chapter 29 Corticosteroids in neonatal epithelial cell adaptation and endothelial cell-mediated injury / Edmund F La Gamma, Manuel H De Castro 398

Chapter 30 Corticosteroids in adolescence and childhood / Karen B Onel, Thomas JA Lehman 409

Chapter 31 Infectious complications of corticosteroid therapy / Adam R Stracher, Rosemary Soave 419

Chapter 32 Pulse corticosteroid therapy / Richard Jones, Robert P Kimberly 431

Chapter 33 Medical-legal aspects of corticosteroid therapy / Allan Gibofsky, David M Benjamin 441.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0340759348

OCLC:

48362417