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Endocrine Disorders in Critically Ill Patients |
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| Authors: |
Nakos, Georgios Karachaliou, Angeliki Kitsakos, Athanasios Koulouras, Vasileios Kostanti, Eleonora Lachana, Alexandra Papathanakos, Georgios Papathanasiou, Athanasios Stamati, Vasiliki Tigkas, Stylianos Tsagkaris, Iraklis |
| Reviewer: |
Armaganidis, Apostolos |
| Subject: | MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > CLINICAL MEDICINE > THERAPEUTICS > CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > INTERNAL MEDICINE |
| Keywords: |
Critically Ill
Endocrine Disorders Pituitary Thyroid Adrenals Glucose Prolactin Growth Hormone |
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| Abstract: |
In this chapter, the endocrine disorders that take place during critical illness are described in a systematic way. The pathophysiology of changes relating to the endocrine system is presented, as well as the practical consequences for the diagnosis and therapy of critically ill patients. Topics covered in subchapters: disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, prolactin, somatotropic axis, glucose metabolism.
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| Table of Contents: |
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis 8.2.1. Pathophysiology 8.2.2. Practical consequences: diagnosis and treatment 8.3. Disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis 8.3.1. Pathophysiology 8.3.2. Practical consequences: diagnosis and treatment 8.4. Disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis 8.5. Prolactin disorders 8.6. Somatotropic axis disorders 8.6.1. Pathophysiology 8.6.2. Practical consequences - therapeutic use of GH in critically ill patients 8.7. Hyperglycemia and Criticallly Ill Patients 8.8.Conclusion Bibliography/References Evaluation criteria |
| Linguistic Editors: |
Koutsouki, Spyridoula |
| Technical Editors: |
Giannakeas, Nikolaos |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/884 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. (2015). Endocrine Disorders in Critically Ill Patients [Chapter]. In Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. 2015. Emergency treatment [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/884 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Emergency treatment |
| Number of pages |
13 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |