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Abstract
Eureka – an innovative series for students that fully integrates core science, clinical medicine and surgery. With its engaging and authoritative text, featuring insightful clinical cases, graphic narratives, SBAs and a wealth of other learning tools, Eureka has everything students need to succeed in medicine and pass their exams.
Eureka – content that reflects today’s medical degree courses with their emphasis on:
- relevance and application of core science to clinical practice
- skills required to examine and communicate with patients
- integrated care across primary and acute care settings
Eureka – 15 clinical titles, 5 science titles:
- Clinical titles – disease-based, clinical cases, system-specific core science
- Science titles – bedrock biomedical principles, clinical cases
Series features across titles:
- Engaging clinical cases show how skilled clinician would work through a presentation, and put diseases and biomedical principles into patient context
- Innovative graphic narratives bring clinical cases to life, show how to approach difficult scenarios and convey the experience of being a patient
- Starter questions - stimulating answers to intriguing questions make learning fun
- Boxes highlight tips, tricks and key learning points
Endocrinology
- First principles chapter clearly explains the key concepts, processes and structures of the endocrine system
- Clinical essentials chapter provides an overview of the symptoms and signs of endocrine disease, relevant history and examination techniques, investigations and management options
- Disease-based chapters give concise descriptions of all major disorders, e.g. diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism and Addison’s disease, each chapter introduced by engaging clinical cases that feature unique graphic narratives
- Emergencies chapter covers the principles of immediate care in situations such as diabetic and adrenal crises
- Integrated care chapter discusses strategies for the management of chronic conditions across primary and other care settings
- Self-Assessment – 80 multiple choice questions in clinical SBA format, in line with current exam format
Thomas Fox
Antonia Brooke
Bijay Vaidya
Peninsula Medical School, UK
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Half Title | i | ||
| Title | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Contents | viii | ||
| Series Editors’ Foreword | v | ||
| About the Series Editors | vi | ||
| About the Authors | vi | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Glossary | xi | ||
| Acknowledgements | xii | ||
| Chapter 1 First principles | 1 | ||
| Overview of the endocrine system | 1 | ||
| The thyroid gland | 8 | ||
| The parathyroid glands | 15 | ||
| The hypothalamus | 20 | ||
| The pituitary gland | 27 | ||
| The adrenal glands | 36 | ||
| The pancreas | 44 | ||
| The gut | 49 | ||
| The male reproductive system | 51 | ||
| The female reproductive system | 56 | ||
| The pineal gland | 61 | ||
| Chapter 2 Clinical essentials | 67 | ||
| Introduction | 67 | ||
| Common symptoms and how to take a history | 67 | ||
| Common signs and how to examine a patient | 80 | ||
| Investigations | 98 | ||
| Management options | 116 | ||
| Chapter 3 Diabetes mellitus, obesity and lipid disorders | 145 | ||
| Introduction | 145 | ||
| Case 1 Weight loss, thirst and excessive amounts of urine | 146 | ||
| Case 2 Recurrent thrush | 148 | ||
| Type 1 diabetes mellitus | 150 | ||
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 158 | ||
| Maturity-onset diabetes of the young | 163 | ||
| Gestational diabetes | 164 | ||
| Obesity | 165 | ||
| Lipid disorders | 168 | ||
| Chapter 4 Complications of diabetes | 173 | ||
| Introduction | 173 | ||
| Case 3 Red swollen foot | 174 | ||
| Macrovascular complications | 176 | ||
| Microvascular disease | 180 | ||
| Diabetic foot disease | 189 | ||
| Chapter 5 Thyroid disease | 193 | ||
| Introduction | 193 | ||
| Case 4 Tremor and irritability | 194 | ||
| Hyperthyroidism | 196 | ||
| Thyroid eye disease | 202 | ||
| Hypothyroidism | 204 | ||
| Thyroiditis | 207 | ||
| Goitre | 208 | ||
| Thyroid nodule | 211 | ||
| Thyroid cancer | 211 | ||
| Chapter 6 Pituitary disease | 215 | ||
| Introduction | 215 | ||
| Case 5 Headaches and change in facial appearance | 216 | ||
| Case 6 Weight gain and easy bruising | 217 | ||
| Acromegaly | 219 | ||
| Prolactinoma | 223 | ||
| Cushing’s syndrome | 226 | ||
| Hypopituitarism | 230 | ||
| Non-functioning pituitary tumours | 233 | ||
| Diabetes insipidus | 234 | ||
| Chapter 7 Adrenal disease | 239 | ||
| Introduction | 239 | ||
| Case 7 Headaches and profuse sweating | 240 | ||
| Addison’s disease | 242 | ||
| Conn’s syndrome | 246 | ||
| Phaeochromocytoma | 248 | ||
| Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 250 | ||
| Cushing’s syndrome | 252 | ||
| Adrenal adenomas | 252 | ||
| Chapter 8 Calcium homeostasis and metabolic bone disease | 255 | ||
| Introduction | 255 | ||
| Case 8 Sharp pain in the back and tiredness | 256 | ||
| Case 9 Leg pain while walking | 258 | ||
| Hypercalcaemia | 259 | ||
| Hyperparathyroidism | 260 | ||
| Hypocalcaemia | 264 | ||
| Hypoparathyroidism | 265 | ||
| Osteoporosis | 266 | ||
| Paget’s disease | 268 | ||
| Vitamin D deficiency | 269 | ||
| Chapter 9 Reproductive system disorders | 273 | ||
| Introduction | 273 | ||
| Case 10 Complete absence of menstrual periods in a 16-year-old | 274 | ||
| Case 11 Excessive hair growth | 277 | ||
| Polycystic ovary syndrome | 279 | ||
| Primary ovarian insufficiency | 282 | ||
| Turner’s syndrome | 284 | ||
| Functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea | 285 | ||
| Disorders of sex development | 287 | ||
| Hypogonadism in men | 288 | ||
| Klinefelter’s syndrome | 290 | ||
| Chapter 10 Other endocrine disorders | 293 | ||
| Introduction | 293 | ||
| Case 12 Worsening vision and headache | 294 | ||
| Multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes | 295 | ||
| Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes | 298 | ||
| Ectopic hormone syndromes | 299 | ||
| Carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome | 300 | ||
| Insulinoma | 301 | ||
| Other neuroendocrine tumours: gastrinoma, glucagonoma, vipoma and somatostatinoma | 302 | ||
| Chapter 11 Endocrine emergencies | 305 | ||
| Introduction | 305 | ||
| Case 13 Diarrhoea, vomiting and lethargy after a meal out | 306 | ||
| Diabetic ketoacidosis | 307 | ||
| Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state | 308 | ||
| Severe hypoglycaemia | 309 | ||
| Case 14 Collapse and agitation | 310 | ||
| Hyponatraemia | 311 | ||
| Case 15 Abdominal pain, vomiting and drowsiness | 313 | ||
| Addisonian crisis | 315 | ||
| Case 16 Weight loss and anxiety | 315 | ||
| Thyroid storm | 316 | ||
| Myxoedema coma | 317 | ||
| Case 17 Worsening palpitations, headaches and tremor | 317 | ||
| Hypertensive crisis | 320 | ||
| Case 18 Severe headache and double vision | 320 | ||
| Pituitary apoplexy | 321 | ||
| Chapter 12 Integrated care | 323 | ||
| Introduction | 323 | ||
| Case 19 Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus | 324 | ||
| Community management of diabetes mellitus | 327 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus in adolescents | 329 | ||
| Monitoring thyroid function | 330 | ||
| Chapter 13 Self-assessment | 333 | ||
| SBA questions | 333 | ||
| SBA answers | 342 | ||
| Index | 351 | ||
| A | 351 | ||
| B | 351 | ||
| C | 352 | ||
| D | 352 | ||
| E | 353 | ||
| F | 353 | ||
| G | 353 | ||
| H | 353 | ||
| I | 354 | ||
| K | 355 | ||
| L | 355 | ||
| M | 355 | ||
| N | 355 | ||
| O | 355 | ||
| P | 355 | ||
| R | 356 | ||
| S | 356 | ||
| T | 357 | ||
| U | 358 | ||
| V | 358 | ||
| W | 358 | ||
| X | 358 | ||
| Z | 358 |