Acute Endocrinology From Cause to Consequence /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Berghe, Greet Van den (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Σειρά: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

The integration of endocrinology in critical care medicine has led to new experimental and clinical data on the complex endocrine and metabolic derangements accompanying non-endocrine severe illnesses. The joining of these two disciplines has generated important novel insights with significant clini...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.