Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice

Description

Updating and expanding his highly praised Hormone Replacement Therapy (Humana Press, 1999), A. Wayne Meikle, MD, brings together in Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice the extensive knowledge of leading clinicians in managing children and adults in need of hormonal replacement therapy. These world-class experts offer comprehensive guidelines for the diagnosis and cutting-edge treatment of disorders of the pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, and gonads. They also review the endocrine testing used in diagnosis and monitoring, comparable regimens when available, as well as considerations of cost, therapeutic effectiveness, and route of administration. Among the special topics covered are approaches to both male and female contraception, the enhancement of fertility in both men and women, the management of diseases affecting the parathyroid, vitamin D and calcium metabolism, updated guidelines on the use of growth hormone secretagogues in children and adults, and androgen therapy in aging and muscle wasting. Comprehensive and authoritative, Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice makes available to endocrinologists, family practitioners, pediatricians, internists, neurologists, urologists, obstetricians, and gynecologists the many proven techniques of hormonal replacement therapy that, in all their complexity, no single physician could easily master without this practical, cutting-edge guide. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Diabetes Insipidus in Pediatrics....Pages 3-20 Treatment of Diabetes Insipidus in Adults....Pages 21-38 Growth Hormone Therapy in Children and Adults....Pages 39-61 Growth Hormone and Growth Hormone Secretagogues in Adults....Pages 63-94 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Therapy of Hypoparathyroidism and Vitamin D Deficiency....Pages 97-110 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Recombinant Human Thyrotropin in the Management of Thyroid Carcinoma and Other Thyroid Disorders....Pages 113-128 Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy for Primary and Secondary Hypothyroidism....Pages 129-141 Thyroid Hormone Therapy of Congenital and Acquired Hypothyroidism in Children....Pages 143-153 Thyroid Hormone Replacement During Pregnancy....Pages 155-163 Front Matter....Pages 165-165 Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes in Children....Pages 167-195 Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes....Pages 197-214 Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy....Pages 215-234 Insulin Pump Therapy in the Management of Diabetes....Pages 235-249 Detection and Management of Diabetes Mellitus During Glucocorticoid Therapy of Nonendocrine Disease....Pages 251-272 Exercise and Managing Diabetes....Pages 273-282 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 Glucocorticoid Treatment in Prenatal and Postnatal Life....Pages 285-295 Mineralocorticoid Deficiency Syndromes....Pages 297-306 Dehydroepiandrosterone and Pregnenolone....Pages 307-329 Front Matter....Pages 331-331 Androgen Replacement Therapy of Male Hypogonadism....Pages 333-368 Androgen Replacement....Pages 369-395 Front Matter....Pages 331-331 Testosterone and the Older Man....Pages 397-414 Androgen Administration in Sarcopenia Associated with Chronic Illness....Pages 415-434 Hormonal Male Contraception....Pages 435-451 Hormonal Therapy of the Infertile Man....Pages 453-467 Front Matter....Pages 469-469 Primary and Secondary Hypogonadism in Women....Pages 471-505 Androgen Replacement in Women....Pages 507-523 Hormonal Therapy of the Infertile Woman....Pages 525-536 Back Matter....Pages 537-549