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Author:   Terry F. Davies
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2015
Weight:   7.939kg
ISBN:  

9781493938940

ISBN 10:   1493938940
Pages:   453
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Pituitary.- Overview: The role of medical therapy for secretory pituitary adenomas: current practices and new therapeutics.- Acromegaly, awareness is paramount for early diagnosis: highlights of diagnosis and treatment challenges.- A non-traumatic hip fracture in a young woman: Cushing’s disease—consequences of a late diagnosis and treatment highlights.- Section 2: Thyroid overactivity.-  Introduction.- TSH-Secreting Pituitary.- Struma Ovarii.- Exogenous Thyrotoxicosis.- Section 3: Thyroid underactivity.- Thyroid Underactivity: Introduction.- Central Hypothyroidism.- Treatment of hypothyroidism – Utility of adding T3 (liothyronine).- Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy.- Hypothyroid myopathy and thelogen effluvium.- Section 4: Thyroid cancer.- Introduction on Thyroid Chapters.- Approach to the Patient with an Incidentally Discovered Thyroid Nodule.- Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Metastatic papillary thyroid cancer.- Management of Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer.- Thyroid cancer and bone metastases.- Section 5: Adrenal.- Primary aldosteronism.- Adrenal Incidentaloma and Subclinical Hypercortisolism.- A Case of Pheochromocytoma.- Section 6: Hyperparathyroidism.- Introduction: Parathyroid Disorders.- Complex hyperparathyroidism.- Differential diagnosis of hypocalcemia.- Management of hypoparathyroidism.- Osteomalacia and primary hyperparathyroidism.- Section 7: Metabolic bone diseases.- Advances and challenges in the management of Osteoporosis.- Multiple Risk Factors for Osteoporosis and Fracture.- Delayed Diagnosis of Osteoporosis.- Misdiagnosis of atypical Femur Fractures.- Section 8: Endocrine Disorders of Men.- Introduction: Endocrine Disorders in Men.- Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism.- Klinefelter Syndrome.- Low testosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Section 9: Pregnancy.- Introduction: Endocrine Cases andPregnancy.- Getting pregnant with PCOS.- Thyrotoxicosis in pregnancy.- Gestational diabetes.- Section 10: Diabetes.- Introduction: Type 2 Diabetes.- Evaluation and Management of the Newly-diagnosed Patient with Type 2 Diabetes.- Transition to Insulin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.- Inpatient management.- Section 11: Lipid abnormalities.- Introduction: On Lipids.- LDL-apheresis Therapy for Refractory Familial Hypercholesterolemia.- Familial type II Hyperlipoproteinemia (familial dysbetalipoproteinemia).- Severe hypertriglycideremia.- Section 12: Obesity.- Introduction – Obesity and the metabolic syndrome.- Managing a metabolic syndrome case.- The Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).- Bariatric Surgery.

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Terry F. Davies, MD, FRCP Baumritter Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY USA

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