Quick Guide to Endocrinology : The Pediatric Version / Laura M. Jacobsen, Brittany S. Bruggeman and William E. Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobsen, Laura M., author.

Bruggeman, Brittany S., author.

Winter, William E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endocrine glands--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Endocrine glands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2024]

Summary:

Quick Guide to Endocrinology, The Pediatric Version, Second Edition, continues to be an essential resource which focuses on the physiology, diagnostics, and laboratory testing of endocrine (hormone-mediated) disorders encountered in the field of endocrinology with expanded coverage of pediatric endocrinology.

Contents:

Intro

Quick Guide to Endocrinology: The Pediatric Version

Copyright

Contents

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction to pediatric endocrinology

Scope of text

Definition and description of hormones

Hormone secretion and transport

Hormone actions

Hormone regulation

Manifestations of endocrine disorders

Hormone and molecular assays

Suggested reading

Chapter 2: Pituitary gland

Anterior pituitary

Physiology

Prolactin

Measurements

Deficiency

Excess

Growth hormone

IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 measurements

Clinical and laboratory approach to short stature in children

Posterior pituitary

Antidiuretic hormone

Hypofunctional disorders

Diabetes insipidus

Hyperfunctional disorders

Oxytocin

Hypopituitarism and molecular testing

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Thyroid gland

Thyroid hormone

Actions

Synthesis

Regulation

Thyroid-related autoantibodies

Thyroglobulin

External influences on thyroid function or laboratory measurement

Thyroid disorders

Goiter and nodules

Colloid and multinodular goiters

Hypothyroidism

Diagnosis and treatment of primary hypothyroidism

Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT)

Hyperthyroidism

Thyroid storm

Diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperthyroidism

Graves disease

Neonatal Graves disease

Sick euthyroid syndrome

Thyroid cancer

Histology

Differentiated thyroid carcinomas

Medullary thyroid carcinoma

Newborn screening for thyroid dysfunction

Chapter 4: Adrenal gland

Adrenal cortex and medulla

Adrenal cortical hormones

Adrenal medulla

Steroid physiology and the regulation of secretion of the adrenocortical hormones.

Physiology and regulation of the secretion of the adrenomedullary catecholamines

Adrenal cortex and related hormones

Catecholamines

Deficiencies of adrenal steroids

Mineralocorticoid deficiency

Glucocorticoid deficiency

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

21-Hydroxylase deficiency in females

21-Hydroxylase deficiency in males

Treatment of 21-hydroxylase deficiency

Adrenal androgen deficiency

Adrenal steroid excesses

Mineralocorticoid excess

Glucocorticoid excess

Adrenal androgen excess

Newborn screening for adrenal dysfunction

Adrenomedullary diseases

Excess secretion of catecholamines or catecholamine precursors

Catecholamine deficiency states

Chapter 5: Puberty and differences of sexual development

Normal physiology

Males

Females (Table 5.2)

Proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle

Ovulation

Secretory phase of the menstrual cycle

Menses

Female puberty

Hypogonadism

Females

Mechanisms of hypogonadism

Primary hypogonadism

Central hypogonadism

Reproductive disorders in women

Androgen excess

Pubertal disorders

Evaluation of pubertal failure

Pathologic causes of pubertal failure

Precocious puberty

Premature thelarche

Premature adrenarche

Girls with signs of hyperandrogenism: Pathologic causes

Boys with signs of hyperandrogenism: Pathologic causes

Differences of sexual development (DSD)

46,XY DSD

Disorders of testicular development

Deficient androgen or AMH action

46,XX DSD

Sex chromosome DSD

Turner syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome

Mixed gonad dysgenesis

DSD evaluations

Chapter 6: Disorders related to calcium

Calcium

Parathyroid hormone

Related analytes.

Magnesium

25-OHD and 1,25-OH2D

Alkaline phosphatase

Urinary calcium

Urinary phosphorus

Fibroblast growth factor-23

Hypocalcemia

Rickets and osteomalacia

Inadequate PTH action

Hypercalcemia

Hyperparathyroidism

Brown tumors

Primary hyperparathyroidism

Treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism

Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism

Benign familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH)

Malignancy as a cause of hypercalcemia

Nonmalignant, non-PTH-dependent causes of hypercalcemia

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-443-14134-7

OCLC:

1451798437