Organ system Manifestations Cardiovascular Bradycardia, heart failure, pericardial effusion CNS Depression, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, myxedema coma Hematopoietic Macrocytic anemia, target cells Metabolic Hyperlipidemia, weight gain Musculoskeletal Arthralgias, myositis Gastrointestinal Constipation…
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Fig. 6.1 Pituitary macroadenoma (arrows) abutting the optic chiasm superiorly on contrast-enhanced coronal (a) and sagital (b) MRIs Other evaluations during his hospitalization revealed evidence of cardiomyopathy that was attributed…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Terry F. Davies (ed.)A Case-Based Guide to Clinical Endocrinology10.1007/978-1-4939-2059-4_5 5. Introduction David S. Cooper1 (1) Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument…
It was noted above that the business case process is usually iterative and therefore the associated documentation is ‘live’: there must be a stipulated structure which facilitates formal change control…
While the NDCA is heavily engaged in dementia workforce development in the widest possible sense, it is crucial that the specialist staff it uses in education and training are constantly…
Argentina Pablo M. Bagnatia, Janus L. Kremerb, Fernando E. Taraganoc and Ricardo F. Allegrid aMemory and Aging Center, Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Raúl Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina bInstituto de…
Australia Eleanor Flynna, Dina Lo Giudiceb and David Amesc aUniversity of Melbourne, Australia bRoyal Melbourne Hospital, Australia cNational Ageing Research Institute, National Ageing Research Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia Australia…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 17 The role of assistive technology in the care of people with dementia June Andrewsa and Louise Robinsonb aSchool of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, UK…
