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Endocrine and Metabolic Medical Emergencies : A Clinician's Guide , 2nd Edition, 2018

Glenn Matfin
$286.41
$336.95

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 ISBN: 9781119374732
 Edition: 2
 Format: Hardback
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AU $286.41 
 
 
 

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The Essential Guide to Recognizing and Treating Acute Endocrine and Metabolic IllnessEndocrinology covers some of the most common conditions and serious public health challenges facing medicine today, and endocrine and metabolicemergencies constitute a large proportion of the clinical workload. Endocrine and Metabolic Medical Emergencies: A Clinicians Guide provides a singularreference to help endocrinologists, acute and general medicine clinicians, hospitalists and critical care physicians, and general practitioners recognize thesymptoms of endocrine emergencies and provide the highest standards of care. Already the definitive and most comprehensive guide to endocrine emergencycare, this new second edition: provides acute care guidance for a range of both common and unusual endocrine emergencies; details the effects of acutemedical and critical illness on metabolic and endocrine systems, and their impacts on endocrine investigations; discusses special patient populations,including the impacts of aging, pregnancy, transplantation, late-effects, perioperative, inherited metabolic disorders and HIV/AIDS on presentation andmanagement; and features detailed coverage of disorders by system, as well as, metabolic bone diseases, neuroendocrine tumors, and more.Packed with case studies, images, and chapters written by distinguished authors, this guide is designed for both quick reference and study. Coverageincludes the presentation, diagnosis, management, and treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders in an acute care setting, as well as the most up-todateguidance on issues including clinical lipidology, glucose, sodium, calcium and phosphate, and more.Blending the latest science with clinical and practical advice, this invaluable resource helps clinicians stay up to date with the fields relevant body ofknowledge while providing the practical, clinical insight they need in order to provide their patients with the utmost level of care.