Thyroid Disease in Adults

2011
ISBN: 978-3-662-51987-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 663 g

This book is a comprehensive guide to the assessment and management of adults with thyroid disorders in daily clinical practice. All important aspects and disorders are considered. Relevant information on basic anatomy, embryology, immunology, and physiology is included to provide a better basis for understanding the development of disease and its diagnosis and treatment. Currently available biochemical tests and other specific diagnostic tools are also considered in detail. The various common thyroid disorders are then discussed in a series of individual chapters that focus on etiology, pathophysiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment. Numerous high-quality illustrations and concise fact boxes are included. The authors are all experts with wide experience in three disciplines and a long-standing interest in thyroid disease.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nyström, Ernst

Berg, Gertrud E. B.

Jansson, Svante K.G.

Torring, Ove

Valdemarsson, Stig V.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Nuklearmedizin, PET, Radiotherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Anatomy and physiology.- Biochemical investigations.- Other investigations.- Clinical investigation of the thyroid.- Iodine and the thyroid gland in health and sickness.- Autoimmunity and the thyroid gland.- Growth regulation of the thyroid gland.- Thyroiditis, pathogenesis.- Causes of hypothyroidism.- Symptoms of hypothyroidism.- Threatment of hypothyroidism.- Subclinical hypothyroidism.- Myxoedema coma.- Causes of thyrotoxicosis.- Symptoms of thyrotoxicosis.- Treatment options in hyperthyroidism.- Graves’ disease.- Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.- Autonomous adenoma.- Toxic multinodular goitre.- Subclinical thyrotoxicosis.- Thyrotoxicosis in the elderly.- Thyrotoxic crisis/thyroid storm.- Thyroiditis – clinical aspects.- Subacute thyroiditis.- Other causes of thyrotoxicosis.- Non-toxic goiter.- Thyroid lumps.- Thyroid cancer.- The thyroid and pregnancy. Thyroid disease in adolescents.- Medicines and other medical preparations and the thyroid.- Thyroid hormone resistance.