rdf-syntax-grammar
mods:
  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Cushing's Syndrome
    sub title: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
  name:
    name part: Bronstein, Marcello D.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 304 p. online resource.
  abstract: Cushing´s syndrome is a relatively rare clinical disorder that is associated with many co-morbidities such as systemic hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, impaired immune function and growth impairment in children, all of which severely reduce quality of life and life expectancy. Cushing’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment reviews the difficulties in distinguishing Cushing’s syndrome from these and other common conditions, such as central obesity, menstrual irregularity and depression. It also provides state-of-the-art information on various strategies to establish the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome and the differential diagnosis among its diverse etiologies, as well as therapeutic approaches. Additionally, a range of conditions that represent challenges for the diagnosis and treatment--such as renal failure, pediatric age, cyclic hypercortisolism, and pregnancy--are covered in detail. A valuable resource not only for endocrinologists but also internal medicine physicians, gynecologists, pediatricians, , pituitary surgeons and urologists, Cushing’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment provides insights by experts that will help all physicians dealing with Cushing´s syndrome to expand their knowledge about the condition and provide targeted, comprehensive care.
  table of contents: Physiology and Pathophysiology of the HPA axis -- Etiologies of Cushing´s syndrome -- Pathogenesis of corticotropic tumors -- Pathogenesis of adrenocortical tumors -- Clinical features of Cushing´s syndrome -- Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing´s Syndrome: Differential diagnosis with pseudo-Cushing´s conditions as obesity, alcoholism and depression -- Laboratorial diagnosis of Cushing´s syndrome: Differential diagnosis among the different causes of ACTH-dependent and ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome -- Imaging for the differential diagnosis of Cushing´s syndrome: MRI, CT and isotopic scanning -- Inferior petrosal sampling for the differential diagnosis of ACTH dependent Cushing´s syndrome -- ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: Treatment of Cushing´s disease -- Treatment of Cushings Syndrome: Surgical Treatment -- Adrenal-Directed Treatment Options for Cushing’s Disease -- Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cushing’s Disease -- Medical Management of Cushing’s syndrome -- ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome: Clinical and diagnostic aspects, and treatment approaches for ectopic Cushing´s syndrome -- Revisiting the Nelson’s syndrome: Corticotroph Tumor Progression after bilateral adrenalectomy in Cushing’s disease -- ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: Adrenocortical tumors -- ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: Bilateral macronodular hyperplasia -- ACTH-independent Cushing´s syndrome: primary pigmented nodular adrenal disease in the context of Carney´s complex -- Glucocorticoid Resistance -- Post-operative replacement and assessment of HPA axis recovery in Cushing’s syndrome -- Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Pregnancy -- Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Childhood -- Special aspects of Cushing´s syndrome: Cyclic Cushing´s syndrome.
  note: edited by Marcello D. Bronstein.
  subject:
    topic: Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Gynecology
  subject:
    topic: Internal medicine
  subject:
    topic: Endocrinology
  subject:
    topic: Oncology
  subject:
    topic: Neurosurgery
  subject:
    topic: Pediatrics
  subject:
    topic: Medicine & Public Health
  subject:
    topic: Endocrinology
  subject:
    topic: Internal Medicine
  subject:
    topic: Oncology
  subject:
    topic: Pediatrics
  subject:
    topic: Gynecology
  subject:
    topic: Neurosurgery
  classification: RC648-665.2
  classification: 616.4
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Contemporary Endocrinology
  identifier: 9781603274494
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-449-4
  record info:
    record creation date: 101013
    record change date: 20151204150501.0
    record identifier: 978-1-60327-449-4