{"title":"Pitfalls in laboratory endocrinology","authors":"P. Trainer, P. Monaghan","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0018","url":null,"abstract":"The utility of laboratory investigations in endocrinology depend on the selection of the appropriate test and careful interpretation. This chapter goes into common pitfalls, including pre-analytical and analytical factors influencing investigations, examples of within-person variation, common measures of hormone measurement, and post-analytical factors.","PeriodicalId":339875,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes 4e","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129839828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endocrinology aspects of other clinical or physiological situations","authors":"A. Brooke, Kagabo D. Hirwa, C. Higham, A. Lewis","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0012","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter covers endocrine aspects of a variety of conditions and situations. It explains the symptoms and investigations of hypoglycaemia along with its management; mastocytosis, cancer and the associated endocrine sequalae of survivors of childhood cancer, syndromes of ectopic hormone production, and associated disorders. It then covers the effects on endocrinology on liver and renal diseases, and in the critically ill. Differential diagnosis of endocrine disorders is outlined, alongside the effects of stress and exercise on the endocrine system. Finally, alternative therapies are discussed.","PeriodicalId":339875,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes 4e","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134131249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inherited endocrine syndromes and MEN","authors":"P. Newey","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter begins with genetic testing for monogenic endocrine disorders, and then goes on to define the diagnosis, treatment, and management of McCune-Albright syndrome, neurofibromatosis, von Hippel-Lindau disease, Carney complex, Cowden syndrome, and POEMS syndrome. It then goes on to the clinical features and management of MEN type 1 and MEN type 2, and MEN type 4. Inherited primary hyperparathyroidism, phaeochromocytoma-paraganglioma syndromes, and renal calculi.","PeriodicalId":339875,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes 4e","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114376551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transitional endocrinology","authors":"H. Gleeson","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter covers endocrine concerns in the age group 10-24 years. It starts with an overview of transitional endocrinology and biopsychosocial development, aspects of developmentally appropriate healthcare, and how to perform a consultation for adolescents and young adults. It covers common clinical endocrine presentations of young people during adolescence, and how to approach a young person with an endocrine condition undergoing transition into adult care. The management of young people with hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency is outlined.","PeriodicalId":339875,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes 4e","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124671228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}