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MEDICAL

Internal Medicine

Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism 5th Edition Lippincott Manual Series By Norman Lavin, MD, PhD, FACE, FAAP DESCRIPTION

Ideal for all healthcare professionals who evaluate, diagnose, treat, or refer patients with endocrine disease or disorders, Manual of Endocri- nology and Metabolism, 5th Edition , brings together nearly 150 global authorities who share their knowledge and expertise on endocrine disor- ders in children, adolescents, and adults. Using a concise outline format, this thoroughly updated manual presents clinical information and pro- tocols needed in everyday practice, with an emphasis on diagnosis and treatment. Succinct chapters and an abundance of tables and diagrams make complex information easy to find and understand.

FEATURES ▶ ▶ Coverage of fundamental understandings and treatment modalities as well as recent therapies, new methods of treatment, new understandings of endocrine physiology, and new surgical approaches to disease states ▶ ▶ Evaluation, pathophysiology, management, and treatment at every age of life, along with short- and long- term goals of reversibility and prevention ▶ ▶ New chapters on transgender medicine, flushing and sweating, nasal administration of hormones, the growth plate, as well as traumatic brain injury and hypopituitarism ▶ ▶ New topics that include galactorrhea; preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management following pituitary surgery; growth hormone in adults, polycystic ovary syndrome, hypercalcemic crisis, parathyroid hormone-related protein, congenital hyperinsulinism, and hypokalemic periodic and non- periodic paralysis ▶ ▶ New and expanded coverage of diabetes mellitus includes hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure, glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia, C-peptide, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, the artificial pancreas, glycated proteins, inhaled insulin, and the application of stem cells in diabetes mellitus ▶ ▶ Serves as an excellent resource for board preparation, as well as a concise daily reference for endocrinologists, general practitioners, internists, pediatricians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others who see patients with primary or underlying endocrine disease Enrich Your eBook Reading Experience with Enhanced Video, Audio, and Interactive Capabilities! ▶ ▶ Read directly on your preferred device(s) , such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. ▶ ▶ Customize for your language , including right-to-left reading, vertical writing, and enhanced annotation in over 30 languages. ▶ ▶ Easily convert to audiobook , powering your content with natural language text-to-speech. ▶ ▶ Adapt for unique reading needs , supporting learning disabilities, visual/auditory impairments, second- language or literacy challenges, and more.

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in April 2009 (ISBN: 978-0-7817-6886-3).

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-2264-7 / ($69.99 / £60.00(t) / €69.00(t)) World Approx. 1,169 pp. / Approx. 100 Illus. / 5 x 8 / April 2018

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