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Endocrine Secrets

  • 7th Edition - July 16, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Michael T. McDermott
  • Editor: Michael T. McDermott
  • Language: English

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources… Read more

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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Endocrine Secrets, 7th Edition, features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

Key features

  • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
  • Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices
  • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
  • Features bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from prominent endocrinologists – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content
  • Keeps you up to date with new techniques and technologies, as well as changing treatment options and drug information
  • Equips you for effective practice with coverage of the most current developments in obesity management, weight loss drugs, and bariatric surgery; type 2 diabetes mellitus; insulin therapy; thyroid cancer; osteoporosis therapies; and much more
  • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
  • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Readership

Medical students and residents; physician assistant students, nurse practitioner students

Table of contents

I Fuel Metabolism

1 Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology, Classification, and Diagnosis
Adnin Zaman and Cecilia C. Low Wang

2 Diabetes Mellitus: Acute and Chronic Complications
Cecilia C. Low Wang and Adnin Zaman

3 Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Jennifer M.Trujillo

4 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Sarah L. Anderson and Jennifer M. Trujillo

5 Diabetes Technology: Pumps, Sensors, and Beyond
Adnin Zaman and Cecilia C. Low Wang

6 Carbohydrate Counting–Guided Insulin Dosing: Practice Exercises
Michael T. McDermott

7 Inpatient Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia
Stacey A. Seggelke and R. Matthew Hawkins

8 Diabetes in Pregnancy
Amy M. Valent and Linda A. Barbour

9 HYPOGLY CEMIC DISORDERS
Helen M. Lawler

10 Lipid Disorders
Emily B. Schroeder and Michael McDermott

11 Obesity
Elizabeth A. Thomas and David Saxon

II B one and Mineral Disorders

12 Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Bone Diseases: Evaluation
Michael T. McDermott

13 Measurement of Bone Mass
Christine Swanson

14 Osteoporosis Management
Michael T. McDermott

15 Osteomalacia, Rickets, and Vitamin D Insufficiency
William E. Duncan

16 Paget’s Disease of Bone
Matthew P. Wahl and Christine M. Swanson

17 Hypercalcemia
Leonard R. Sanders

18 Hyperparathyroidism
Leonard R. Sanders

19 Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Michael T. McDermott

20 Hypocalcemia
Shari C. Fox

21 Nephrolithiasis
Leonard R. Sanders

III P ituitary and Hypothalamic Disorders

22 Pituitary Insufficiency
John J. Orrego

23 Nonfunctioning Pituitary Tumors and Pituitary Incidentalomas
Janice M. Kerr and Michael T. McDermott

24 Pituitary Stalk Lesions
Janice M. Kerr

25 Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Virginia Sarapura

26 Growth Hormone–Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Mary H. Samuels

27 Cushing’s Syndrome
Mary H. Samuels

28 Glycoprotein-Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Majlinda Xhikola, Shon Meek, and Robert C. Smallridge

29 Water Metabolism
Leonard R. Sanders

30 Disorders of Growth
Philip Zeitler

31 Growth Hormone Use and Abuse
Carlos A. Torres and Homer J. LeMar, Jr.

IV A drenal Disorders

32 Primary Aldosteronism
John J. Orrego

33 Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas
John J. Orrego

34 Adrenal Incidentalomas
Michael T. McDermott

35 Adrenal Malignancies
Michael T. McDermott

36 Adrenal Insufficiency
Emily B. Schroeder and Cecilia C. Low Wang

37 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Harris M. Baloch, Nicole Vietor, and Robert A. Vigersky

V Thyroid Disorders

38 Thyroid Testing
Michael T. McDermott

39 Hyperthyroidism
Thanh D. Hoang and Henry B. Burch

40 Hypothyroidism
Katherine Weber and Bryan R. Haugen

41 Thyroiditis
Ayesha F. Malik, Robert C. Smallridge, and Ana Chindris

42 Thyroid Nodules and Goiter
Michele B. Glodowski and Sarah E. Mayson

43 THYROID CANCER
Veena R. Agrawal and Sarah E. Mayson

44 Thyroid Emergencies
Michael T. McDermott

45 Euthyroid Sick Syndrome
Michael T. McDermott

46 Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy
Meghan Donnelly and Linda Barbour

47 Psychiatric Disorders and Thyroid Disease
Roselyn I. Mateo and James V. Hennessey

VI R eproductive Endocrinology

48 Differences (Disorders) of Sexual Differentiation
Richard O. Roberts, III and Robert H. Slover

49 Disorders of Puberty
Shanlee M. Davis and Sharon H. Travers

50 Male Hypogonadism
Katherine N. Vu, Vinh Q. Mai, and Robert A. Vigersky

51 Erectile Dysfunction
Mark M. Cruz, Thanh D. Hoang, and Robert A. Vigersky

52 Gynecomastia
Mark Bridenstine, Brenda K. Bell, and Micol S. Rothman

53 Amenorrhea
Micol S. Rothman and Margaret E. Wierman

54 Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Melanie Cree-Green and Anne-Marie Carreau

55 Hirsutism and Virilization
Tamis M. Bright and Aziz Ur Rehman

56 Menopause
Wesley Nuffer

57 G ender-Affirming Treatment for Adults with Gender Incongruence and Gender Dysphoria
Micol S. Rothman and Sean J. Iwamoto

58 U se and Abuse of Anabolic–Androgenic Steroids and Androgen Precursors
Carlos A. Torres and Homer J. LeMar

VII Miscellaneous Topics

59 Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndromes
Richard Millstein

60 Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes
John J. Orrego

61 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Michael T. McDermott

62 Carcinoid Syndrome
Michael T. McDermott

63 Aging and Endocrinology
Kerrie L. Moreau, Sean J. Iwamoto, and Shauna Runchey

64 Endocrinopathies Caused by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
David Saxon and Thomas Jensen

65 Sleep and Endocrinology
Roger A. Piepenbrink

66 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Logan R. McKenna, Maria B. Albuja-Cruz, Robert C. McIntyre Jr., and Christopher D. Raeburn

67 Adrenal Surgery
Oliver J. Fackelmayer, Chris Raeburn, Robert McIntyre Jr., and Maria Albuja-Cruz

68 Pancreas and Other Endocrine Tumor Surgery
Stephanie Davis, Maria Albuja-Cruz, Chris Raeburn, and Robert McIntyre, Jr.

69 Bariatric Surgery
Jonathan A. Schoen and Kevin B. Rothchild

70 Endocrinology in Africa
Helen Yifter Bitew and Abdurezak Ahmed Abdela

71 Famous People With Endocrine Disorders
Pratima Kumar, Kenneth J. Simcic, and Michael T. McDermott

72 Interesting Endocrine Facts and Figures
Michael T. McDermott

73 Endocrine Case Studies
Michael T. McDermott

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 7, 2019
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Michael T. McDermott

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, Lucas Family Endowed Chair in Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado

About the author

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Michael T. McDermott

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, Lucas Family Endowed Chair in Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado