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• Offers access to the complete contents of the text and other community features online via the STUDENTConsult.com website.
• Includes a list of the “Top 100 Secrets” to keep in mind during residency and practice.
• Features a new, more compact trim size (5 1/4" x 8 1/2") for enhanced portability.
• Makes information easier to find with a new, two-color page layout and “Key Points” boxes.
• Identifies useful websites to facilitate obtaining additional information on a specific topic, and provides live links in online version.

 

Contents

FUEL METABOLISM
1. Diabetes Mellitus
2. Intensive Insulin Therapy
3. Acute Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
4. Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus
5. Diabetes in Pregnancy
6. Infections in Diabetic Persons
7. Hypoglycemia
8. Lipid Disorders
9. Obesity

BONE AND MINERAL DISORDERS
10. Osteoporosis
11. Measurement of Bone Mass
12. Osteomalacia and Rickets
13. Paget’s Disease of Bone
14. Hypercalcemia
15. Hyperparathyroidism
16. Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
17. Hypocalcemia
18. Nephrolithiasis

PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMIC DISORDERS
19. Pituitary Insufficiency
20. Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors
21. Prolactin-secreting Pituitary Tumors
22. Growth Hormone-secreting Pituitary Tumors
23. Glycoprotein-secreting Pituitary Tumors
24. Cushing’s Syndrome
25. Disorders of Water Metabolism
26. Disorders of Growth
27. Growth Hormone Use and Abuse

ADRENAL DISORDERS
28. Primary Aldosteronism
29. Pheochromocytoma
30. Adrenal Malignancies
31. Adrenal Insufficiency
32. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

THYROID DISORDERS
33. Thyroid Testing
34. Hyperthyroidism
35. Hypothyroidism
36. Thyroiditis
37. Thyroid Nodules and Goiter
38. Thyroid Cancer
39. Thyroid Emergencies
40. Euthyroid Sick Syndrome
41. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy
42. Psychiatric Disorders and Thyroid Disease

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
43. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation
44. Disorders of Puberty
45. Male Hypogonadism
46. Impotence
47. Gynecomastia
48. Amenorrhea
49. Galactorrhea
50. Hirsutism and Virilization
51. Infertility
52. Menopause
53. Use and Abuse of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids

MISCELLANEOUS
54. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
55. Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndromes
56. Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
57. Carcinoid Syndrome
58. Cutaneous Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus and Thyroid Disease
59. Inherited Hormone Resistance Syndromes
60. Aging and Endocrinology
61. Endocrine Surgery
62. Endocrinology in the Managed Care Environment
63. Endocrine Case Studies
64. Famous People with Endocrine Disorders

Interesting Endocrine Facts and Figures

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