Endocrine Emergencies — Treatise on Critical Medicine and Endocrinology

Emergency · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Comprehensive manual of molecular diagnosis, systemic pathophysiology, precision therapeutic schemes and invasive monitoring in metabolic and endocrine emergencies.

What it covers

1. Treatise on Endocrine Emergencies
2. Epidemiology and Homeostasis of Endocrine Emergencies
3. · Statistics and Critical Epidemiology
4. · Homeostasis Mechanisms and Feedback Circuits
5. Endocrine Physiopathology in the Critical Patient
6. · The Endocrine Response to Acute Stress
7. · Corticorenal Insufficiency Related to Critical Illness (CIRCI)
8. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
9. · Detailed Pathophysiology of Ketogenesis
10. · Key Formulas for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of DKA
11. · DKA Severity Classification (ADA)
12. · EUglycemic DKA (euDKA)
13. · Precision Treatment in DKA (Replacement Protocol)
14. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS)
15. · Essential Physiopathological Differences with DKA
16. · Treatment of EHH and Correction of Hyperosmolarity
17. Thyrotoxic Crisis / Thyroid Storm
18. · Burch-Wartofsky Scale for Clinical Diagnosis
19. · Pathophysiology: Adrenergic Receptor Hyperreactivity
20. · Pharmacological Protocol Step by Step
21. Myxedematous Coma
22. · Pathophysiology of Metabolic Depression and Ventilation
23. · Myxedema Coma Diagnostic Score (Popoveniuc Scale, 2014)
24. · Hormone Replacement and Corticotherapy Algorithm
25. Acute Adrenal Crisis
26. · Pathophysiology of Refractory Shock due to Cortisol Defect
27. · Dynamic Diagnostic Tests (Cosyntropin)
28. · Emergency Treatment of Acute Adrenal Crisis
29. Acute Hypercalcemic Crisis
30. · Pathophysiology of Calcium Toxicity and Nephropathy
31. · Serum Calcium Adjustment Formulas
32. · Main Etiologies of Severe Hypercalcemia
33. · Multimodal Treatment Protocol for Hypercalcemia
34. Severe Acute Hypocalcemia and Tetany
35. · Pathophysiology of Neuromuscular Hypersensitivity
36. · Emergency Treatment with Calcium Gluconate
37. Critical Hyponatremia and SIADH in the Serious Patient
38. · Pathophysiology of Acute Cerebral Edema
39. · Differential Diagnosis of SIADH vs. C.S.W.
40. · Formulas for Calculating Sodium and Correction Rate
41. · Treatment Protocol with 3% Hypertonic Saline Solution
42. Pituitary Apoplexy
43. · Pathophysiology of Compression of the Sella Turca
44. · Differential Diagnosis: Stroke vs. SAH and Meningitis
45. · Medical and Surgical Treatment Protocol
46. Pheochromocytoma Crisis
47. · Pathophysiology of Catecholamine-Induced Cardiomyopathy
48. · Treatment of Acute Hypertensive Crisis due to Pheochromocytoma
49. Endocrine Emergencies in Special Situations
50. · Pregnancy: DKA, Thyroid Storm and Pheochromocytoma
51. · Oncology Patients Under Treatment with Immunotherapy
52. Multiorgan Monitoring Protocols in the ICU
53. · ICU Admission Criteria for Endocrine Emergencies
54. · Invasive and Physiological Monitoring Strategies
55. · Safe Transition Algorithm to Inpatient Ward Therapy