Acute Endocrinology:

From Cause to Consequence

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-61737-876-8 (ISBN)

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Until recently, endocrinology and critical care medicine were two specialties in medicine that were rather uncomfortable with each other and hence quite i- lated. Fortunately, these two ‘alien’ disciplines have joined forces in successful attempts to perform high quality research in order to clarify the unknown. By integrating endocrinology in critical care medicine, or vice-versa depending on the specialty of the observer, new experimental and clinical data on the complex endocrine and metabolic derangements accompanying non-endocrine severe i- nesses came available which generated important novel insights with relevant clinical implications. In addition, the state of the art diagnosis and management of primary endocrine diseases that represent life-threatening situations leading to ICU admission has been updated. This issue of Contemporary Endocrinology aims at compiling the new ?ndings. The book indeed covers both areas of ‘Acute Endocrinology’ that are often taking care of at very distant sites within hospitals. The ?rst part deals with the classical life-threatening illnesses caused by primary endocrine diseases such as thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, acute adrenal crisis, acute calcium disorders, pheochromocytoma, severe hyper- and hypoglycemia . The second part looks at endocrinology from the ICU side, starting with a g- eral overview of the dynamic neuroendocrine and metabolic stress responses in the condition of intensive care-dependent, non-endocrine critical illness.

Endocrine Diseases Causing Potentially Life-Threatening Emergencies.- Thyrotoxicosis.- Myxedema Coma.- Acute Adrenal Crisis.- Acute Calcium Disorders.- Phaeochromocytoma and Other Diseases of the Sympathetic Nervous System.- Hyperglycemic Crises: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS).- Hypoglycemia: An Endocrine Emergency.- Endocrine Disturbances Caused by Non-endocrine Critical Illnesses.- The Dynamic Neuroendocrine Response to Critical Illness.- Changes Within the GH/IGF-I/IGFBP Axis in Critical Illness.- Changes Within the Thyroid Axis During the Course of Critical Illness.- The Adrenal Response to Critical Illness.- Catecholamines and vasopressin during critical illness.- The Diabetes of Injury: Novel Insights and Clinical Implications.- Disorders of Body Water Homeostasis.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Endocrinology
Zusatzinfo	27 Illustrations, black and white; X, 316 p. 27 illus.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Anästhesie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Intensivmedizin
ISBN-10	1-61737-876-3 / 1617378763
ISBN-13	978-1-61737-876-8 / 9781617378768
Zustand	Neuware