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A highly illustrated textbook of diabetes and endocrinology for medical students and junior doctors.
Key Features
- An accessible coverage of diabetes and endocrinology in the graphic ICT format, making full use of line diagrams, colour photographs, tables and boxes.
- Comprehensive coverage of all common conditions, as well as the treatable rarer diseases.
- Boxes emphasise important clinical practice points.
- Summaries of crucial clinical trials are provided.
- Role of more specialised investigations, such as dynamic endocrine tests and magnetic resonance imaging are discussed.
Relevant physiology and anatomy is included to enable understanding of tests and management.
Author Information
By R David G Leslie, MBBS MRCS MD FRCP, Professor of Diabetes and Autoimmunity, St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine, London, UK and Shern L. 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
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
"...easy to read and use, it is full of excellent diagrams, tables and illustrations which clearly supports the text included, they together will I believe enhance a students learning at whatever level the course is based"
Senior Nurse Lecturer, Staffordshire University
"Aimed at medical students and junior doctors, this book covers the essentials of endocrinology and diabetes, in a succinct and memorable fashion. The authors successfully integrate anatomy, biochemistry and physiology to provide a comprehensive review of the structure and function of the endocrine system...provides students with an invaluable review of this complex subject. This book offers a concise and accessible introduction and can be used as a good revision aid for medical students. It is a good core text for medical students and provides information on the basic science behind day to day clinical practice."
Medical Student, Bristol University Medical School, UK
