Early diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders / edited by Robert S. Bar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bar, Robert S.

Series:

Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)

Contemporary endocrinology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endocrine glands--Diseases.

Endocrine glands.

Endocrine System Diseases--physiopathology.

Endocrine System Diseases--diagnosis.

Endocrine System Diseases--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Endocrine System Diseases--physiopathology.

Endocrine System Diseases--diagnosis.

Endocrine System Diseases--therapy.

Physical Description:

xi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2003]

Summary:

In endocrine conditions, no less than in most other diseases, prompt recognition and treatment can reduce complications and substantially improve the quality of life. Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders, written by a distinguished panel of clinical experts and research scientists, focuses on the early signs and symptoms of common endocrine diseases, surveys the clinical testing needed for a diagnosis, and concisely presents the best current recommendations for therapy. The book covers such new "endocrine" diseases as polycystic ovarian syndrome, obesity, and hypogonadism, but also offers new approaches to such basic conditions as type 2 diabetes and thyroid disease. Written in an orderly and easy-to-follow manner, each chapter discusses the pathophysiology of the condition in question, reviews the basis for its early recognition and treatment, and summarizes the key points in easy-to-read tables. The authors also provide accounts of the emerging, and urgently needed, therapeutic approaches for slowing the epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Comprehensive yet concise, Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders offers physicians, endocrinologists, and medical students an up-to-date and highly practical primer on the early signs and symptoms of common endocrine diseases, complete with detailed discussions of both the testing needed to make the diagnosis and the optimal therapies once that diagnosis is confirmed.

Contents:

1 Thyroid Cancer / Ernest L. Mazzaferri 1

2 Hypothyroidism / Paul W. Ladenson, Ruth M. Belin 37

3 Hyperthyroidism / Elizabeth N. Pearce, Lewis E. Braverman 53

4 Type 1 Diabetes / Yogish C. Kudva, Rita Basu, Robert A. Rizza 69

5 Type 2 Diabetes / Preethi Srikanthan, Jeffrey E. Pessin, Robert S. Bar 87

6 Diabetes Mellitus: Cardiovascular Complications / Willa Hsueh, Dorothy Martinez 111

7 Obesity: A Challenging Global Epidemic / Ngozi E. Erondu 123

8 Dyslipidemia / Darcy Putz, Udaya M. Kabadi 163

9 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome / Anuja Dokras, William I. Sivitz 181

10 Acromegaly / Vivien Bonert, Shlomo Melmed 201

11 Pituitary Tumors Other Than Acromegaly / Nicholas Clarke, Udaya M. Kabadi 229

12 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Types 1, 2a, and 2b / Christina Orr, Thomas O'Dorisio 239

13 Addison's Disease / Robert G. Spanheimer 253

14 Cushing's Syndrome / D. Lynn Loriaux 269

15 Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia / Arna Gudmundsdottir, Gregory Doelle 277

16 Pheochromocytoma / Karel Pacak, Graeme Eisenhofer, Jacques W.M. Lenders, Christian A. Koch 297

17 Hypogonadism in Men and Women / John H. MacIndoe 313

18 Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia / Whitney S. Goldner, Joseph S. Dillon 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588291936

OCLC:

50685289