How the Endocrine System Works (eBook)

J. Matthew Neal (Autor)

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2016 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-93147-9 (ISBN)

Infos

How the Endocrine System Works is not another standard introduction to endocrinology, but an innovative and fun way to learn about the importance of the key glands in the human body and the hormones they control. It is explained in 9 easy-to-understand lectures, with additional material on the treatment and management of endocrine disorders.
How the Endocrine System Works:
• Is designed for those in need of a concise introduction to this fascinating area of medicine 
• Has been rigorously updated to reflect today's endocrinology teaching
• Includes more focus on the treatment and management of endocrine disorders
• Features more on evidence-based medicine, obesity, epidemiology, and biostatistics
• Includes summaries of key research which affects diagnostic criteria
• Includes brand new case-based review questions at the end of each chapter
• Features full-color diagrams throughout
How the Endocrine System Works is the perfect introduction for all medical students, as well as for students of bioscience, and other healthcare disciplines.

J. Matthew Neal, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FACE, FACPE, Executive Medical Director, Academic Affairs, Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Indiana, USA; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Muncie Center for Medical Education, Muncie, Indiana, USA.

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How The Endocrine System Works is not another standard introduction to endocrinology, but an innovative and fun way to learn about the importance of the key glands in the human body and the hormones they control. It is explained in 9 easy-to-understand lectures, with additional material on the treatment and management of endocrine disorders. How The Endocrine System Works: Is designed for those in need of a concise introduction to this fascinating area of medicine Has been rigorously updated to reflect today's endocrinology teaching Includes more focus on the treatment and management of endocrine disorders Features more on evidence-based medicine, obesity, epidemiology, and biostatistics Includes summaries of key research that affects diagnostic criteria Includes brand new case-based review questions at the end of each chapter Features full-color diagrams throughout How The Endocrine System Works is the perfect introduction for all medical students, as well as for students of bioscience, and other healthcare disciplines.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
Acknowledgments 9
How to Use this Book 11
Chapter 1 An Overview 13
FUNCTION OF HORMONES 13
COMPOSITION OF HORMONES 14
HOW HORMONES WORK 15
HORMONAL REGULATION 16
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ENDOCRINE AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS 17
HORMONE MEASUREMENTS 17
NOMENCLATURE OF ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 18
HYPOFUNCTION 18
TREATMENT OF HORMONE DEFICIENCY 19
ENDOCRINE EXCESS SYNDROMES 19
IMAGING TESTS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY 20
GENETIC TESTING IN ENDOCRINOLOGY 22
EPILOGUE 23
Chapter 2 Pituitary and Hypothalamus 25
PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMUS 26
GROWTH HORMONE 27
PROLACTIN 30
PITUTARY TUMORS 31
HYPOPITUITARISM 32
POSTERIOR PITUITARY 33
Chapter 3 The Thyroid 37
THE THYROID 38
THYROID HORMONES 38
EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONE 39
THYROID REGULATION 39
HYPOTHYROIDISM 40
HYPERTHYROIDISM AND THYROTOXICOSIS 42
THYROID NODULES 46
DIFFERENTIATED (EPITHELIAL) THYROID CARCINOMA 48
MEDULLARY AND ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA 49
Chapter 4 Adrenal Gland 51
THE ADRENAL GLANDS 52
ADRENAL MEDULLA 59
INCIDENTAL ADRENAL TUMORS 60
Chapter 5 Glucose Metabolism 65
GLUCOSE METABOLISM 66
OBESITY 71
HYPOGLYCEMIA 85
Chapter 6 Calcium Metabolism 89
TRANSPORT AND REGULATION OF CALCIUM 91
HYPERCALCEMIA 92
HYPOCALCEMIA 95
BONE 96
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY 99
Chapter 7 Reproductive Endocrinology 103
AN INTRODUCTION TO REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 104
REGULATION OF TESTICULAR FUNCTION 104
OVARIAN CYCLE REGULATION 104
GONADAL DIFFERENTIATION 105
EFFECTS OF SEX STEROIDS 105
Chapter 8 Lipid Disorders 117
LIPIDS 118
LIPOPROTEINS 119
HOW THE BODY OBTAINS LIPIDS 120
PRIMARY VERSUS SECONDARY DYSLIPIDEMIAS 121
PHYSICAL FINDINGS IN HYPERLIPIDEMIA 122
CONSEQUENCES OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA 122
THERAPY OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA 123
Chapter 9 Disorders of Multiple Endocrine Glands and Paraneoplastic Syndromes 127
POLYENDOCRINE SYNDROMES 128
PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES 129
Appendix Clinical Trials, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Reading the Literature 131
SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, AND PRETEST PROBABILITY 132
PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT (NNT) 135
Glossary 139
Index 143
EULA 155

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.2016
• Reihe/Serie: The How it Works Series
• Reihe/Serie: The How it Works Series
• Reihe/Serie: The How it Works Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
• Schlagworte: Adrenal • calacium • disorers • endocrine • endocrinology • Endokrinologie • gland • Glucose • Hypothalamus • Lipid • medical education • Medical Science • Medizin • Medizinstudium • Metabolism • Paraneoplastic • pituitary • System • Thyroid
• ISBN-10: 1-118-93147-5 / 1118931475
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-93147-9 / 9781118931479