1st Edition
by Alexander L. Shifrin (Author)
Endocrine emergencies are often potentially life-threatening and can be easily overlooked in patients with no history of endocrine disease. Endocrine Emergencies is a practical guide to identification and treatment for today’s clinicians, offering essential coverage of common and serious emergencies related to endocrine metabolic conditions of the thyroid, parathyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands.
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Guides
clinicians on how to recognize, diagnose, and treat each
condition using up-to-date diagnostic techniques and therapeutics.
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Provides full-color,
state-of-the-art coverage of key topics such as acute thyrotoxicosis
and thyroid storm, ocular emergencies in Graves’ ophthalmopathy,
diabetic ketoacidosis, hypopituitarism, postoperative thyroid surgical
emergencies, pheochromocytoma, and much more.
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Features separate chapters on emergencies related to neuroendocrine tumors, pregnant patients, and pediatric patients.
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Includes sections on emergency overview, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in each chapter.
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Enhanced
eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to
access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a
variety of devices.
