Overview
- A revised and updated edition of the classic 2013 textbook on pediatric endocrinology, including five new chapters and revamped interior design
- Discusses growth disorders, hypothalamic and pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, thyroid disorders, mineral and bone disorders, reproductive disorders and contraception, metabolic disorders and endocrine emergencies
- Includes an updated and consistent chapter format that introduces the problem, reviews its clinical features, presents the diagnostic criteria, and discusses the management strategies with an eye to risks and benefits
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Table of contents (38 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Adrenal disorder
- Autoimmune disorder
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Diabetes insipidus
- Growth disorders
- Growth hormone
- Hypopituitarism
- Hypothalamic disorder
- Idiopathic Short Stature
- Intrauterine Growth Failure
- Metabolic disorder
- Pediatric endocrinology
- Pituitary disorder
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Precocious puberty
- Rickets
- Skeletal Growth Disorders
- Thyroid disorder
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
About this book
A state-of-the-art and concise resource presenting the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders, this third edition of the highly regarded textbook covers the most common and challenging conditions seen by practicing endocrinologists and primary care physicians, including growth, hypothalamic, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, calcium and bone, and reproductive disorders, as well as metabolic syndromes. This expanded third edition includes new topics such as conditions of overgrowth, low bone density and its management, endocrine issues related to sexual identity, mineralocorticoid disorders and endocrine hypertension, and endocrine emergencies. Some existing chapters are expanded to take into account recent advances in the field. Each chapter contains key points, an introductory discussion of the problem, a review of the clinical features that characterize it, the criteria needed to establish a diagnosis, and a comprehensive therapy section delineating the risksand benefits of the best therapeutic options available. New to this edition are concluding sections in each chapter containing relevant case material and multiple choice review questions.
Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide, Third Edition is a comprehensive resource for all clinicians concerned with the myriad endocrinologic disorders seen in children and adolescents.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sally Radovick, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Physician-in-Chief
Bristol Myers-Squibb Children’s Hospital
Chancellor’s Scholar
New Brunswick, NJ, USAMadhusmita Misra, MD, MPH
Fritz Bradley Talbot and Nathan Bill Talbot Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pediatric Endocrinology
Book Subtitle: A Practical Clinical Guide
Editors: Sally Radovick, Madhusmita Misra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73782-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73781-2Published: 24 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08857-6Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73782-9Published: 11 April 2018
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XVIII, 882
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour
Topics: Endocrinology, Pediatrics, Primary Care Medicine