Full Description
This standard work provides all physicians with confidence regarding execution and evaluation of endocrinological function tests. It supports efficient diagnostics, yields valuable results, and ensures reliable assessments in endocrinology, diabetology, gynecology, urology, andrology, pediatrics, internal medicine. The content is aligned with the recommendations of national and international professional societies.
This book comprises more than 200 hormonal parameters, function tests as well as validated scoring and grading systems. Basic knowledge regarding diagnostic methods in radiological and nuclear medicine as well as genotype-phenotype correlations are summarized. All parameters are rigorously correlated to age, gender, BMI, phase of life, menstrual cycle, and medication by presenting 174 tables and 66 figures.
Detailed and practice-relevant, you will receive a quick overview of indications, contraindications, side effects, test preparation, framework conditions, specific action guidelines for test execution, secure evaluation of results with detailed cut off values, as well as practical tips and potential pitfalls.
The 5th edition has been completely updated and expanded to include topics such as "troubleshooting" in immunoassays, paraneoplastic syndromes, screening for malnutrition, basal and stimulated copeptin, metyrapone test, macimorelin test, and digital diabetes parameters (CGM).
Contents
Pre-analytics, Information, Biostatistics, and Disturbances in Hormone Determinations.- Carbohydrate Metabolism.- Lipid Metabolism.- Protein and Nucleotide Metabolism.- Thyroid (Peripheral).- Parathyroid.- Gastrointestinal Tract.- Adrenal Medulla.- Adrenal Cortex.- Gonads (Male).- Gonads (Female).- Hypothalamus.- Anterior Pituitary and Testing of Glandotropic Axes.- Posterior Pituitary.- Endocrinological Indications for Genetic Diagnostics.- Endocrinological Indications for Karyotyping.- Adipose Tissue Dysfunction.- Tumor Markers in Endocrinology.- Autoantibodies and Autoimmunity in Endocrinology.- Basic Knowledge of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine for Diagnostics in Endocrinology.- Hormone Abuse, Doping, Substance Detection.- Bone Densitometry and Bone Remodeling Parameters.- Neuropathy Tests.- Scoring and Grading Systems in Endocrinology.- Staging of Endocrine Tumors.- Thyroid Aspiration.- Ambulatory 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM).- Analysis of Pulse Wave Velocity.- Classification of Disability Degree (GdB) in Endocrinopathies.- Percentile Documentation in Children and Adolescents.- Online Engines, Apps, and Database Tools in Endocrinology.- Measurement of Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI).- Paraneoplastic Syndromes in Endocrinology and Metabolism.- Basal Temperature, Female Cycle, Pearl Index, Hypothermia, Hyperthermia, Fever.- Screening and Diagnostic Parameters for Malnutrition.- Continuous Tissue Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP).- Appendix.
