Adrenal, Water and Electrolytes.

BELGOROSKY A

Practical Algorithms in Pediatric Endocrinology

Karger

Año: 2017; p. 1 - 1

Algorithms provide a logical, concise and costeffectiveapproach to medical reasoning:utilizing a concise, step-by-step approach basedupon clues from the history, physical examinationand laboratory studies, algorithms helpavoid excessive unnecessary procedures andtesting.The 3rd, revised edition of Practical Algorithmsin Pediatric Endocrinology deals with practicalissues of child growth, puberty, diseases of theendocrine glands, sexual differentiation, as wellas aberrations of water, electrolyte, mineral andcarbohydrate metabolism. Fifty-six clinical issuesare covered by an algorithmic approach, breakingdown long lists and tables of differentialdiagnosis into smaller, more manageable ones.Common clinical symptoms, signs and laboratoryabnormalities are classified as they presentthemselves at the patient?s bedside.This book is aimed at general practitioners andpediatricians, in particular those who are notexposed to pediatric endocrine problems on adaily basis, and at trainees in endocrinology andpediatric endocrinology as they acquire familiaritywith clinical problem-solving to make rationalchoices when facing clinical dilemmas