Pediatric Endocrinology A Practical Clinical Guide - Paperback

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783030088576
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Publishing year: 2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Author: Sally Radovick; Madhusmita Misra
Title: Pediatric Endocrinology - A Practical Clinical Guide
Publisher: Springer; Springer International Publishing
882 Pages
Publishing year: 2018-12-19
Cham; CH
Printed / Made in
Language: English
309,23 € (DE)
317,90 € (AT)
341,00 CHF (CH)
POD
XVIII, 882 p. 121 illus., 108 illus. in color.

BC; Hardcover, Softcover / Medizin/Klinische Fächer; Endokrinologie; Verstehen; Adrenal disorder; Autoimmune disorder; Congenital hypothyroidism; Diabetes insipidus; Growth disorders; Growth hormone; Hypopituitarism; Hypothalamic disorder; Idiopathic Short Stature; Intrauterine Growth Failure; Metabolic disorder; Pediatric endocrinology; Pituitary disorder; Prader-Willi Syndrome; Precocious puberty; Rickets; Skeletal Growth Disorders; Thyroid disorder; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes; Endocrinology; Pediatrics; Primary Care Medicine; Pädiatrie; Allgemeinmedizin / Familienmedizin; BB

A state-of-the-art and concise resource presenting the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders, this third edition of the highly regarded textbook covers the most common and challenging conditions seen by practicing endocrinologists and primary care physicians, including growth, hypothalamic, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, calcium and bone, and reproductive disorders, as well as metabolic syndromes. This expanded third edition includes new topics such as conditions of overgrowth, low bone density and its management, endocrine issues related to sexual identity, mineralocorticoid disorders and endocrine hypertension, and endocrine emergencies. Some existing chapters are expanded to take into account recent advances in the field. Each chapter contains key points, an introductory discussion of the problem, a review of the clinical features that characterize it, the criteria needed to establish a diagnosis, and a comprehensive therapy section delineating the risksand benefits of the best therapeutic options available. New to this edition are concluding sections in each chapter containing relevant case material and multiple choice review questions. 

 is a comprehensive resource for all clinicians concerned with the myriad endocrinologic disorders seen in children and adolescents.

Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide, Third Edition

Childhood Growth Hormone Deficiency and Hypopituitarism.- Growth Hormone Insensitivity.- Normal Variant and Idiopathic Short Stature.- Growth Hormone Treatment of the Short Child Born Small for Gestational Age.- Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome.- Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Turner Syndrome, Noonan Syndrome, and SHOX Gene Mutations.- Management of Adults with Childhood-Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency.- Skeletal Dysplasias.- Growth Hormone Excess and Other Conditions of Overgrowth.- Diabetes Insipidus.- Management of Acute and Late Endocrine Effects Following Childhood Cancer.- Treatment Endocrinologic Sequelae of Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity.- Adrenal Insufficiency.- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.- Cushing Syndrome in Childhood.- Mineralocorticoid Disorders and Endocrine Hypertension.- Congenital Hypothyroidism.- Autoimmune Thyroid Disease.- Non-Thyroidal Illness Syndrome.- Resistance to Thyroid Hormone (RTH) and Resistance to TSH (RTSH).-  Thyroid Neoplasia.- Abnormalities in Calcium Homeostasis.- Rickets: The Skeletal Disorders of Impaired Calcium or Phosphate Availability.- Osteoporosis: Diagnosis and Management.- Delayed Puberty and Hypogonadism.- Precocious Puberty.- Management of Infants Born with Disorders/Differences of Sex Development.- Menstrual Disorders and Hyperandrogenism in Adolescence.- Contraception.- Hypoglycemia.- Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Youth.- Disorders of Lipid Metabolism.- Autoimmune Endocrine Disorders.- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes.- Care of Gender Nonconforming / Transgender Youth.- Management of Endocrine Emergencies.- The Endocrine Response to Critical Illness.- The Endocrine Response to Critical Illness.

Sally Radovick, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Physician-in-Chief

Bristol Myers-Squibb Children’s Hospital

Chancellor’s Scholar

Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH

Fritz Bradley Talbot and Nathan Bill Talbot Professor of Pediatrics

Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA, USA

A state-of-the-art and concise resource presenting the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders, this third edition of the highly regarded textbook covers the most common and challenging conditions seen by practicing endocrinologists and primary care physicians, including growth, hypothalamic, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, calcium and bone, and reproductive disorders, as well as metabolic syndromes. This expanded third edition includes new topics such as conditions of overgrowth, low bone density and its management, endocrine issues related to sexual identity, mineralocorticoid disorders and endocrine hypertension, and endocrine emergencies. Some existing chapters are expanded to take into account recent advances in the field. Each chapter contains key points, an introductory discussion of the problem, a review of the clinical features that characterize it, the criteria needed to establish a diagnosis, and a comprehensive therapy section delineating the risksand benefits of the best therapeutic options available. New to this edition are concluding sections in each chapter containing relevant case material and multiple choice review questions. 

 is a comprehensive resource for all clinicians concerned with the myriad endocrinologic disorders seen in children and adolescents.

Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide, Third Edition

A revised and updated edition of the classic 2013 text on pediatric endocrinology, including five new chapters and revamped interior design

 

A revised and updated edition of the classic 2013 textbook on pediatric endocrinology, including five new chapters and revamped interior design Discusses growth disorders, hypothalamic and pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, thyroid disorders, mineral and bone disorders, reproductive disorders and contraception, metabolic disorders and endocrine emergencies Includes an updated and consistent chapter format that introduces the problem, reviews its clinical features, presents the diagnostic criteria, and discusses the management strategies with an eye to risks and benefits