Endocrinology of aging : clinical aspects in diagrams and images /: clinical aspects in diagrams and images. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Emiliano Corpas, Marc R. Blackman, Ricardo Correa Rotter, S. Mitchell Harman, Antonio Ruiz-Torres.
• Editors: Corpas, Emiliano; Rotter, Ricardo Correa; Harman, S. Mitchell; Ruiz-Torres, Antonio; Blackman, Marc R
• Contents: 1. Basic principles of aging with endocrine and nutritional implications. Aging and endocrine system 2. Physiology and hypothalamic-pituitary diseases in the elderly 3. Physiology and diseases of the parathyroid glands in the elderly 4. Vitamin D and calcium deficiency in the elderly 5. Senile and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment 6. Physiology and diseases of the thyroid gland in the elderly: Morphological and physiological changes. Hypothyroidism. Hyperthyroidism 7. Physiology and diseases of the thyroid gland in the elderly: Thyroid nodules. Simple goiter 8. Physiology and diseases of the thyroid gland in the elderly: Thyroid Cancer 9. Physiology and diseases of the adrenal glands in the elderly 10. Male hypogonadism in advance age: Physiology, etiology and diagnosis. Functional hypogonadism in the elderly 11. Male hypogonadism in advanced age: Therapeutic considerations. Gynecomastia in advanced age. Benign hypertrophy and prostatic cancer: Endocrinological aspects of development and treatment 12. Menopause as a manifestation of aging 13. Endocrine surgery in elderly patients 14. Metabolic and body composition changes with age 15. Obesity as accelerator of aging and functional decline: Epidemiology, causes, adverse effects, evaluation and treatment in the elderly 16. Relationships between frailty, sarcopenia and the endocrine-metabolic changes of advanced age 17. Diabetes mellitus in the elderly. Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome. Hyponatremia and dehidration 18. Diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 as a risk factor of aging 19. Dyslipidemia in the elderly 20. Assessment of nutritional status in the elderly. Causes and management of malnutrition in the elderly
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 612.4; Aging -- Endocrine aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128223840
• Related ISBNs: 9780128196670
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