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Taylor & Francis Medical Management of Thyroid Disease 2001 Edition by David S. Cooper
Focusing on effective and practical care of patients with thyroid disease, this essential guide presents authoritative, cost-effective, and evidence-based resolutions to common clinical problems, as well as important information on uncommon thyroid disorders. Incorporates the latest technological advances for examination and treatment, including new applications of fine-needle aspiration (FNA), scintigraphy, and ultrasonography. Conveying practical information in a convenient easy-to-read format, Medical Management of Thyroid Disease describes the utility of sensitive assays for thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) discusses the appropriate management of hyperthyroidism, with emphasis on Graves' disease, subclinical hyperthyroidism, thyroid storm, and the use of antithyroid drugs and their related side effectsdistinguishes hypothyroidism due to autoimmune disease from other causes of thyroid gland failure, and discusses various thyroid hormone preparations, including synthetic liothyronine (LT3), levothyroxine (LT4), and LT4 and LT3 combination therapy analyzes the pathogenesis, classification, assessment, and management of thyroid nodules and goiterdetails care for pediatric thyroid disorders and thyroid disorders during pregnancyexamines causes, diagnosis, and treatments of papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas, with important new information on human recombinant TSHextensively considers thyroid disorders in the elderly, with an emphasis on subclinical thyroid disease and more!Written by internationally renowned experts and containing over 1700 literature references, tables, and drawings, Medical Management of Thyroid Disease is an authoritative and very useful reference for endocrinologists, internists, obstetricians and gynecologists, family physicians, pediatricians, geriatricians, nutritionists, dietitians, and medical students. Table of contents : - The Laboratory Approach to Thyroid DisordersSteven I. Sherman The Diagnostic Evaluation and Management of Hyperthyroidism due to Graves' Disease, Toxic Nodules, and Toxic Multinodular GoiterKenneth D. Burman and David S. CooperDiagnosis and Treatment of Thyroiditis and Other More Unusual Forms of HyperthyroidismShon E. Meek and Robert C. SmallridgeDiagnosis and Treatment of HypothyroidismMichael T. McDermott and E. Chester RidgwayThyroid Nodules and Multinodular GoiterHossein GharibThyroid CarcinomaRichard T. Kloos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri Pediatric Thyroid DisordersThomas P. FoleyPractical Management of Thyroid Disease in the ElderlyMyron Miller and Steven R. GambertThyroid Disease and PregnancySusan J. Mandel