This is a new book for primary care physicians, particularly residents, to help them make rapid and correct diagnostic testing decisions. Endocrine diagnosis is an essential and very challenging area of medicine, and this book simplifies the process with key information on more than 200 tests and 27 algorithms to help in decision-making.

Introduction

v

Important Points

vii

Abbreviations

ix

Tests of Adrenal Function

1

(24)

Algorithms for Tests of Adrenal Function

13

(12)

Suspected Adrenal Insufficiency

14

(2)

Suspected Hyperadrenalism (Cushing's Disease)

16

(2)

Adrenal Metabolic Pathways

18

(1)

Suspected Late-Onset Adrenal Hyperplasia

19

(1)

Suspected Hyperaldosteronism

20

(2)

Suspected Hypoaldosteronism

22

(1)

Suspected Pheochromocytoma

23

(2)

Tests in Diabetes and Glucose Metabolism

25

(12)

Algorithms for Tests in Diabetes and Glucose Metabolism

33

(4)

Suspected Diabetes Mellitus

34

(1)

Hypoglycemia

35

(2)

Tests of Thyroid Function

37

(20)

Algorithms for Tests of Thyroid Function

49

(8)

Suspected Thyroid Disorders

50

(2)

Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules

52

(2)

Evaluation of Conditions Suspicious for Medullary Thyroid Cancer

54

(3)

Tests of Pituitary Function

57

(20)

Algorithms for Tests of Pituitary Function

67

(10)

Suspected Hypopituitarism

68

(2)

Suspected Prolactinoma

70

(1)

Suspected Growth Hormone Deficiency

71

(1)

Suspected Acromegaly

72

(1)

Suspected Diabetes Insipidus

73

(2)

Inappropriate ADH

75

(2)

Tests of Bone and Parathyroid Function

77

(18)

Algorithms for Tests of Bone and Parathyroid Function

91

(4)

Suspected Parathyroid Disease

92

(3)

Tests of Reproductive Endocrinology

95

(16)

Algorithms for Tests of Reproductive Endocrinology

101

(10)

Evaluation of Primary Amenorrhea

102

(2)

Evaluation of Secondary Amenorrhea

104

(2)

Suspected Post-Pubertal Male Hypogonadism

106

(1)

Contrasexual Precocious Puberty

107

(1)

Isosexual Precocious Puberty

108

(1)

Delayed Puberty—Male

109

(1)

Delayed Puberty—Female

110

(1)

Miscellaneous Endocrine Tests

111

(8)

Algorithms for Miscellaneous Endocrine Tests

115

(4)

Suspected Carcinoid Tumor

116

(1)

Miscellaneous Syndromes

117

(2)

References

119

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