© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_29 29. Introduction Mone Zaidi1 , Se Min Kim1, Tony Yuen1 and Li Sun1 (1) Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York,…
The diagnosis of postoperative hypoparathyroidism can be confirmed by the finding of low-ionized calcium level and normal serum level of magnesium. Serum phosphorus levels are usually high or at the…
PTH-dependent a Hypoparathyroidism • Parathyroid agenesis • PTH gene mutations • Postoperative (transient or permanent) • Autoimmune – Isolated – Combined with multiple endocrine deficiencies • Activating mutations of the calcium sensing receptor • Developmental abnormalities of the…
Fig. 25.1 Pathology of the parathyroid tumor. Panel (a) Trabecular pattern of the tumor (hematoxylin and eosin, ×200). Panel (b) Capsular pseudoinvasion with trapping of tumor cells within the capsule….
Thus, hypoalbuminemia observed in patients with several chronic illnesses, malnourished or hospitalized, may be responsible for a reduction in total serum calcium concentration. Minimal changes of the plasma Ca2+ concentrations…
Class Drug and dosing Clinical pearls Preoperative management Adrenergic blockade Nonselective α-blockade • Phenoxybenzamine: 10–20 mg 2–3 times/day (100 mg max daily) Selective α-blockade • Doxazosin: 1 mg dailya • Terazosin: 1…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_22 22. Adrenal Incidentaloma and Subclinical Hypercortisolism Gillian M. Goddard1 and Eliza B. Geer1 (1) Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Department of…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_21 21. Primary Aldosteronism Sandi-Jo Galati1 and Alice C. Levine2 (1) Endocrine and Diabetes Specialists of CT, 112 Quarry Road, Ste 250, Trumbull,…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_20 20. Introduction Alice C. Levine1 (1) Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases, Mount Sinai (Icahn School of Medicine at…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_19 19. Thyroid Cancer and Bone Metastases Ritu Madan1 and Jason A. Wexler2, 3 (1) National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and…
