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Endocrinology of the Aging Patient, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 52-2 - March 23, 2023
- Editor: Rita Rastogi Kalyani
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 9 8 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 9 8 8 - 1
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.
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Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including thyroid and aging; obesity and aging; hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and aging; male reproduction and aging; osteoporosis and aging; prediabetes and aging; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on endocrinology of the aging patient, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Endocrinologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Sex Hormones and Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to Menopause
- Key points
- Introduction
- Determinants of menopause
- Age at menopause and cardiovascular risk
- Sex hormone changes during menopause
- Changes in cardiovascular risk factors during menopause and cardiovascular risk after menopause
- Impact of exogenous estrogen on cardiovascular disease
- Impact of exogenous androgens on cardiovascular disease
- Estrogen therapy in postmenopausal women
- Testosterone therapy in postmenopausal women
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Male Reproduction and Aging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Conflict of interest
- Thyroid and Aging
- Key points
- Functional thyroid disease—an introduction
- Thyrotoxicosis
- Summary
- Hypothyroidism
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Growth Hormone and Aging
- Key points
- Background
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Osteoporosis: Review of Etiology, Mechanisms, and Approach to Management in the Aging Population
- Key points
- Etiology of bone loss in aging
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Age-Associated Abnormalities of Water Homeostasis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Physiologic overview of disturbances of water metabolism
- Mechanisms involved in disturbances of water metabolism with aging
- Integration of changes in arginine vasopressin secretion, thirst, and kidney function with aging
- Hyperosmolality and hypernatremia with aging
- Hypoosmolality and hyponatremia with aging
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endocrinology of Taste with Aging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Authors’ contribution
- Obesity and Aging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Prevalence of obesity in older adults
- Pathophysiology of excess adiposity in aging
- Challenges in defining obesity in older adults
- Sarcopenic obesity in older adults
- Therapeutic approaches to obesity in aging
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Geriatric Syndromes in Older Adults with Diabetes
- Key points
- Introduction
- Screening for geriatric syndromes in older adults with diabetes
- Older adults with diabetes are heterogeneous and have diverse care needs
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Newer Glucose-Lowering Therapies in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
- Key points
- Introduction
- Treatment goals
- Evidence-based diabetes management with newer glucose-lowering therapies
- Assessment and management of type 2 diabetes in older adults
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Perspectives on Prediabetes and Aging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Prediabetes in older adults
- Aging and pathophysiology of prediabetes
- Predictors of age-related changes in glucose metabolism
- Prediabetes, brain health, and frailty in older adults
- Suggested clinical approach to aging and prediabetes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Disclosure
- Type 1 Diabetes and Aging
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 52-2
- Published: March 23, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323939874
- eBook ISBN: 9780323939881
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Rita Rastogi Kalyani
Affiliations and expertise
Editor-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide , Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , Core Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health , Associate Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research , Associate Professor of Medicine