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Endocrine Emergencies: Recognition and Treatment offers a state-of-the-art update on the management of endocrine, diabetic, and metabolic emergencies. Developed by renowned experts, this comprehensive and easy to read title brings the field fully up to date, setting a high standard for diagnosis and treatment in each category. All chapters begin with a summary that presents, in concentrated form, what the physician needs to know to begin the evaluation and emergency treatment of the known endocrine emergencies. This is followed by an extended discussion of the pathophysiology that can be read after initial treatment has begun. Covering such areas as hypoglycemia, acute adrenal insufficiency, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, thyroid storm, and pituitary apoplexy, just to name several, Endocrine Emergencies: Recognition and Treatment is an invaluable, practical resource that will be of great interest to endocrinologists, internal medicine and emergency room physicians, fellows and residents.
Ch.1: Acute Adrenal Insufficiency
Lynn Loriaux
Ch.2: Diabetic Ketoacidosis & Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Syndrome
Beatrice C. Lupsa, Silvio Inzucchi
Ch.3: Hypoglcemia
Phillip Cryer
Ch.4: Necrotizing soft tissue infections
Brian Wong, J. Stone Doggett
Ch.5: Malignant (Necrotizing) Otitis Externa
Brian Wong, J. Stone Doggett
Ch.6: Mucormycosis
Brian Wong, J. Stone Doggett
Ch.7: Emphysematous Cholecystitis
Brian Wong, J. Stone Doggett
Ch.8: Emphysematous pyelonephritis
Brian Wong, J. Stone Doggett
Ch.9: Thyrotoxic Crisis: Thyroid Storm
John J. Reyes-Castano, Kenneth Burman
Ch.10: Myxedema Coma
Ines Donangelo, Glenn D. Braunstein
Ch. 11: Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis
Brian Wong, J. Stone Doggett
Ch. 12: Hyponatremia - SIADH
David Ellison
Ch. 13: Diabetes Insipidus
David Ellison
Ch. 14: Pheochromocytoma Hypertensive Crisis
Vitaly Kantorovich, Karel Pacak
Ch. 15: Hypocalcemia
Robert Klein
Ch. 16: Hypercalcemia
Robert Klein
Ch. 17: Pituitary Apoplexy
Shlomo Melmed, Pouyan Famini
Ch. 18: Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS)
Robert Barbieri
Ch. 19: Ambiguous Genitalia in the Newborn
Walter Miller, Selma F. Witchel
Ch. 20: Porphyrias - Acute Manifestations
Karl E. Anderson
Ch. 21: Acute Pancreatitis due to Hyperchylomicronemia
Bart Duell