Thyroid Disease (eBook)

A Case-Based and Practical Guide for Primary Care

Emanuel O. Brams (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2007 | 2005
XIV, 154 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59259-944-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Thyroid Disease: A Case-Based and Practical Guide for Primary Care, by Dr. Emanuel Brams, is a supremely readable cased-based approach to understanding the myriad of disorders that encompass thyroid disease. Using cases derived from his busy practice, Dr. Brams gives us the history and physical examination details of each case, along with test results. Then, through a series of questions similar to that which any good clinician asks while caring for a patient, Dr. Brams explains an optimal approach to diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of thyroid disease, with an emphasis on the practical and common issues that primary care physicians see in their offices. This is an important book for primary care physicians because thyroid disease is common in the population we take care of and accounts for 3-5% of primary care visits. It is often cited as an area that primary care phy- cians find confusing. Dr. Brams clarifies thyroid disease and, through his generous sharing of cases, allows us to join him in making clear diagnoses as well as share in the ambiguity and decisions about approach when the diagnoses and course of treatment are not clear. In this way, the book is honest, and deals directly with the issues of thyroid disease as they are seen by us as physicians, not as we sometimes may wish they were seen if patients presented with the clarity of walking textbooks. Dr.

Inhalt

Part I. Physiology, Testing, and Common Thyroid Disorders

Introduction

Thyroid Testing and Imaging

Graves' Disease

Other Causes of Hyperthyroidism

Thyroid Ophthalmopathy

Hypothyroidism

Subclinical Thyroid Disease

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Thyroid Disease in Children and Adolescents

Thyroid Nodules and Cancer

Management of Thyroid Cancer Patients

Part II. Challenging Thyroid Disorders and Current Controversies

Challenging Cases of Hyperthyroidism

Treatment of Graves' Disease: A Personal Perspective

Iatrogenic Hyperthyroidism

Final Thoughts

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Current Clinical Practice
• Reihe/Serie: Current Clinical Practice
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 154 p. 8 illus.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
• Schlagworte: Child • endocrinology • Physiology • Pregnancy • Primary Care
• ISBN-10: 1-59259-944-3 / 1592599443
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59259-944-8 / 9781592599448