Endocrinology and Diabetes

Endocrinology and Diabetes-1

Francisco Bandeira • Hossein Gharib Airton Golbert • Luiz Griz Manuel Faria Editors 2014 A Problem-Oriented Approach Endocrinology is a fast-growing field, and endocrine literature is huge. With an ever-increasing body of data that includes original studies, therapeutic trials, new tests, reports on new treatments, and guidelines for management, most clinicians are overwhelmed, if not confused, with new […]

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Color Atlas of Thyroid Surgery

Color Atlas of Thyroid Surgery-1

Yeo-Kyu Youn • Kyu Eun Lee • June Young Choi Open, Endoscopic and Robotic Procedures 2014 In the modern history of thyroid surgery, the development of techniques became more effective and less invasive. There were also many signifi cant scientifi c developments during this period. Awareness of the thyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone and the development of […]

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Breast, Endocrine and Surgical Oncology

Breast, Endocrine and Surgical Oncology-1

Brendon J. Coventry Editor 2014 Over the last decade or so we have witnessed a rapid change in the consumer demand for information by patients preparing for a surgical procedure. This is fuelled by multiple factors including the ‘internet revolution’, altered public consumer attitudes, professional patient advocacy, freedom of information laws, insurance issues, risk management, and medicolegal claims made […]

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Screening for Depression and Other Psychological Problems in Diabetes

Screening for Depression and Other Psychological Problems in Diabetes-1

Cathy E. Lloyd • Frans Pouwer • Norbert Hermanns Editors 2013 A Practical Guide Comorbidity of mental and physical disorders is becoming a major challenge for public health and medical practice. There are several reasons for this including the higher rate of survival of people with chronic illnesses (which increases the number of people at risk for comorbidity), […]

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Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Endocrinology-1

Sally Radovick • Margaret H. MacGillivray Editors 2013 A Practical Clinical Guide, Second Edition We welcome you to the second edition of Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide . The aim of this edition remains similar to the fi rst: to provide practical detailed and concise guidelines for the clinical management of pediatric endocrine diseases and disorders. Thus, […]

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Treatment of Thyroid Tumor

Treatment of Thyroid Tumor-1

Hiroshi Takami Editor-in-Chief Yasuhiro Ito ● Hitoshi Noguchi Akira Yoshida ● Takahiro Okamoto Editors 2013 Japanese Clinical Guidelines Creating clinical guidelines is a modern trend. It is clearly bene fi cial to collect published studies pertaining to a given theme, evaluate their credibility, and then present recommended treatment options in the form of evidence-based guidelines. Thus, a […]

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Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA

Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA-1

H. Jack Baskin, Sr. • Daniel S. Duick Robert A. Levine Editors 2013 Third Edition This third edition of “Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA” by Drs. Baskin, Duick, and Levine expands upon the fi rst two editions, including new chapters and authors, and is an essential guide for endocrinologists, endocrine fellows, radiologists, general surgeons with an interest in thyroid […]

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Funktionsdiagnostik in Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel

Funktionsdiagnostik in Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel-1

Andreas Schäffler (Hrsg.) Cornelius Bollheimer Roland Büttner Christiane Girlich 2013 Der Schwerpunkt Endokrinologie in der Inneren Medizin besticht schon Studenten wegen der Klarheit und Schönheit der Regelkreise, die im Gesunden, aber auch beim Kranken das Verständnis von Physiologie und Pathophysiologie erlauben. Dementsprechend spielen Messparameter wie Labortests und noch mehr funktionelle Prüfungen von Regelkreisen eine wichtige Rolle in der Diagnostik […]

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