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Acute Endocrinology:

From Cause to Consequence

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Authors:
  1. Greet Berghe

    1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

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  • First-time discussion of the integration of endocrinology and critical care medicine
  • Offers new experimental and clinical data on the complex endocrine and metabolic derangements accompanying non-endocrine severe illnesses
  • Provides novel insights with relevant clinical implications
  • Includes overview of state of the art diagnosis and management strategies for primary endocrine diseases that represent life-threatening situations leading to ICU admission
  • Discusses the classical life-threatening illnesses caused by primary endocrine diseases such as thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, acute adrenal crisis, acute calcium disorders, pheochromocytoma, severe hyper- and hypoglycemia
  • Explores endocrinology from the ICU side, including a general overview of the dynamic neuroendocrine and metabolic stress responses in the condition of intensive care-dependent, non-endocrine critical illness
  • Includes a chapter on salt and water disturbances that bridges both the endocrine and non-endocrine causes and their specific approaches

Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology (COE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Endocrine Diseases Causing Potentially Life-Threatening Emergencies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Thyrotoxicosis

      • Powlimi J. Nadkarni, Burman D. Kenneth
      Pages 1-28

    3. Myxedema Coma

      • Suzanne Myers Adler, Leonard Wartofsky
      Pages 29-44

    4. Acute Adrenal Crisis

      • Paul Lee, Ken KY Ho
      Pages 45-62

    5. Acute Calcium Disorders

      • Sophie J. Van Cromphaut, Roger Bouillon
      Pages 63-83

    6. Phaeochromocytoma and Other Diseases of the Sympathetic Nervous System

      • Dr.Umasuthan Srirangalingam, Shern L. Chew
      Pages 85-118

    7. Hyperglycemic Crises: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State (HHS)

      • Abbas E. Kitabchi, Joseph N. Fisher
      Pages 119-147

    8. Hypoglycemia: An Endocrine Emergency

      • Jean-Marc Guettier, Phillip Gorden
      Pages 149-164

  3. Endocrine Disturbances Caused by Non-endocrine Critical Illnesses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The Dynamic Neuroendocrine Response to Critical Illness

      • Lies Langouche, Greet Van den Berghe
      Pages 167-180

    3. Changes Within the GH/IGF-I/IGFBP Axis in Critical Illness

      • Dieter Mesotten, Greet Van den Berghe
      Pages 181-198

    4. Changes Within the Thyroid Axis During the Course of Critical Illness

      • Liese Mebis, Lies Langouche, Greet Van den Berghe
      Pages 199-213

    5. The Adrenal Response to Critical Illness

      • Mikael Alves Resident, Xavi Borrat, Djillali Annane
      Pages 215-227

    6. Catecholamines and vasopressin during critical illness

      • Pierre Asfar, Peter Radermacher, Enrico Calzia
      Pages 229-254

    7. The Diabetes of Injury: Novel Insights and Clinical Implications

      • Ilse Vanhorebeek, Greet Van den Berghe
      Pages 255-276

    8. Disorders of Body Water Homeostasis

      • Suzanne Myers Adler, Joseph G. Verbalis
      Pages 277-304

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 305-316
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About this book

Until recently, endocrinology and critical care medicine were two specialties in medicine that were rather uncomfortable with each other and hence quite i- lated. Fortunately, these two ‘alien’ disciplines have joined forces in successful attempts to perform high quality research in order to clarify the unknown. By integrating endocrinology in critical care medicine, or vice-versa depending on the specialty of the observer, new experimental and clinical data on the complex endocrine and metabolic derangements accompanying non-endocrine severe i- nesses came available which generated important novel insights with relevant clinical implications. In addition, the state of the art diagnosis and management of primary endocrine diseases that represent life-threatening situations leading to ICU admission has been updated. This issue of Contemporary Endocrinology aims at compiling the new ?ndings. The book indeed covers both areas of ‘Acute Endocrinology’ that are often taking care of at very distant sites within hospitals. The ?rst part deals with the classical life-threatening illnesses caused by primary endocrine diseases such as thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, acute adrenal crisis, acute calcium disorders, pheochromocytoma, severe hyper- and hypoglycemia . The second part looks at endocrinology from the ICU side, starting with a g- eral overview of the dynamic neuroendocrine and metabolic stress responses in the condition of intensive care-dependent, non-endocrine critical illness.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book offers an overview of life-threatening endocrine disorders as well as alterations in the endocrine axes seen in nonendocrine critical illness. … targeted at those actively practicing or in-training in the endocrinology and critical care subspecialties. … This book does fill a gap in the field by focusing exclusively on endocrinology and acute illness. … I would recommend this book most highly to practicing endocrinologists and those in endocrine training, although critical care specialists would likely find it very informative as well." (Rene Simon Aronsohn, Doody’s Review Service, January, 2009)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

    Greet Berghe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Acute Endocrinology:

  • Book Subtitle: From Cause to Consequence

  • Authors: Greet Berghe

  • Series Title: Contemporary Endocrinology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-177-6

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60327-176-9Published: 19 September 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-876-8Published: 09 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-60327-177-6Published: 20 October 2008

  • Series ISSN: 2523-3785

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-3793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 316

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

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