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Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

An Illustrated Colour Text

By
  • Shern Chew, BSc, MD, FRCP, Professor of Endocrine Medicine, Consultant Physician, Bart's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, UK
  • Richard Leslie, Professor of Diabetes and Autoimmunity, St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine, London, UK

A highly illustrated textbook of diabetes and endocrinology for medical students and junior doctors.

Paperback, 120 Pages

Published: December 2005

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

ISBN: 978-0-443-07303-8

Contents

  • General endocrinology

    Introduction

    The thyroid
    The thyroid: basic concepts
    Growths: goitres and cancer
    Hyperthyroidism
    Hypothyroidism

    The pituitary
    The pituitary: basic concepts
    Hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus
    Non-functioning pituitary and hypothalamic tumours
    Functioning tumours
    Obesity and hypothalamic regulation of weight
    Non-endocrine illness and hormones

    The adrenal gland
    Adrenal and endocrine hypertension: basic concepts
    Primary hypoadrenalism: Addison's disease
    Conn’s syndrome
    Cushing’s syndrome
    Adrenocortical adenomas and carcinomas
    Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
    Adrenal medulla: phaeochromocytoma

    Sex and fertility
    Sex and fertility: basic concepts
    Male hypogonadism
    Female hypogonadism
    Polycystic ovarian syndrome
    Infertility

    Pancreas
    Endocrine pancreas

    Calcium and bone
    Calcium and bone: basic concepts
    Hypercalcaemia
    Hypocalcaemia
    Osteoporosis

    Diabetes mellitus

    Basic principles
    What is diabetes?
    Glucose homeostasis and insulin action
    Type 1 diabetes mellitus
    Type 2 diabetes mellitus
    Prevention and screening for diabetes mellitus

    Complications of diabetes mellitus
    Complications I: basic concepts
    Complications II: pathophysiology
    Avoiding vascular complications
    Diabetic neuropathy

    Examining the patient
    Principles of examination

    Managing complications
    Management of neuropathy and infections
    Management of erectile dysfunction
    The diabetic foot
    Diabetic eye disease
    The diabetic kidney
    Emergencies in diabetes mellitus

    Managing the disease
    Principles of management
    Non-pharmacological management
    Pharmacological treatment I
    Pharmacological treatment II
    Insulin treatment I
    Insulin treatment II
    Hypoglycaemia resulting from treatment
    Sex and pregnancy
    Problems in neonates and children
    The elderly and ethnic groups

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