Endocrine Emergencies

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.

• Guides clinicians on how to recognize, diagnose, and treat each condition using up-to-date diagnostic techniques and therapeutics.

• 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.

• Features separate chapters on emergencies related to neuroendocrine tumors, pregnant patients, and pediatric patients.

• Includes sections on emergency overview, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment in each chapter.

• 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.