Full Description
This indispensable volume is designed to facilitate the best possible physician-patient discussion on Graves' disease by providing the most up-to-date evidence-based information in a clinically useful and patient-centric manner. Comprehensive and covering such topics as Professionalism and the Art of Patient-centric Thyroidology, the Immunopathogenesis of Graves' Disease, and the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Storm, the book addresses all the important refinements in the treatment of Graves' disease in recent years. These include new indications and contraindications for antithyroid drugs, improved approaches to radioactive iodine therapy, the development of novel surgical techniques, and a better understanding of the combined use of these modalities, among other developments. Also addressed are the advances in the treatment of GO, including the use of disease activity and severity assessments to inform management decisions and the completion of the first randomized controlled therapeutic trials. Developed by a renowned group of internationally respected authorities, Graves' Disease: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians is a significant new reference that will be of great interest to all clinicians who treat this debilitating condition.
Contents
Preface.- Chapter 1: Professionalism and the Art of Patient-centric Thyroidology.- Chapter 2: Immunopathogenesis of Graves' Disease.- Chapter 3: Epidemiology and Genetic Factors in Graves' Disease and Graves' Ophthalmopathy.- Chapter 4: Laboratory and Clinical Assessment of Hyperthyroidism.- Chapter 5: Evidence-Based Discussion of Treatment Options for Graves' Disease.- Chapter 6: Antithyroid Drug Therapy in Patients with Graves' Disease.- Chapter 7: Radioiodine Treatment in Patients with Graves' Disease.- Chapter 8: Thyroidectomy in Patients with Graves' Disease.- Chapter 9: Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Storm.- Chapter 10: Impact of Hyperthyroidism on the Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Systems and Management of Patients with Subclinical Graves' Disease.- Chapter 11: Graves' Disease in Childhood.- Chapter 12: Graves' Disease and Pregnancy.- Chapter 13: Pathogenesis of Graves' Orbitopathy.- Chapter 14: Combined Thyroid Eye Clinics in the Management of Graves' Ophthalmopathy.- Chapter 15: Thyroid Dermopathy and Acropachy.- Chapter 16: Treatment of Hyperthyroidism in Patients with Graves' Orbitopathy.- Chapter 17: Assessment and Management Plan for Graves' Orbitopathy.- Chapter 18: Natural History, Risk Factors and Management of Patients with Mild GO.- Chapter 19: Medical Treatment for Moderately Severe and Vision-Threatening Graves' Orbitopathy.- Chapter 20: Pre-Operative Assessment and Orbital Decompression Surgery in Patients with Graves' Ophthalmopathy.- Chapter 21: Surgical Management of Extraocular Muscle Dysfunction in Patients with GO.- Chapter 22: Quality of Life in Graves' Ophthalmopathy.- Chapter 23: Future Therapy for Graves' Disease and Ophthalmopathy.
