ENDOCRINOLOGY

Patients Who Do Not Take Their Osteoporosis Medications: Can We Help Them Become Compliant?

May 31, 2017 by in ENDOCRINOLOGY Comments Off on Patients Who Do Not Take Their Osteoporosis Medications: Can We Help Them Become Compliant?

Construct Definition Application Perceived susceptibility Individual assessment of vulnerability to the condition or disease Individual believes that she/he has some likelihood of developing the index disease Perceived severity Individual’s belief…

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Management of Drug Holidays

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Stuart Silverman and Bo Abrahamsen (eds.)The Duration and Safety of Osteoporosis Treatment10.1007/978-3-319-23639-1_16 16. Management of Drug Holidays Christian Roux1, 2   and Karine Briot1, 2 (1) Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue…

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Preoperative Localization for Parathyroid Surgery in Primary and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

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Fig. 9.1 Echo-color-Doppler longitudinal view: left lower hyperplastic parathyroid (thick arrow); left lower thyroid lobe (thin arrow) Fig. 9.2 Echo-color-Doppler transversal view: left lower hyperplastic parathyroid (white arrow); common carotid…

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Genetic Syndromes Associated with Primary Hyperparathyroidism

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Syndromic Nonsyndromic MEN1 FIHPT MEN2 FHH MEN4 NSHPT HPT-JT ADMH ADMH, autosomal dominant moderate hyperparathyroidism; FHH, familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia; FIHPT, familial isolated hyperparathyroidism; HPT-JT, hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome; MEN, multiple endocrine…

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Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy

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Absolute contraindications Relative contraindications Previous neck surgerys Previous neck irradiation Large goiter Large adenoma (<3.5 cm) Parathyroid carcinoma Lack of preoperative localization MEN and familial pHPT  MEN, multiple endocrine neoplasia…

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Parathyroid Carcinoma

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Fig. 15.1 MIBI scan (technetium and subtraction images): large inferior right parathyroid lesion that histologically proved to be parathyroid carcinoma. From [16] with permission Fig. 15.2 Surgical specimen: parathyroid carcinoma;…

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