Description
Springer Vitamin D A Clinical Casebook 1st Editon 2016 Softbound by Vin Tangpricha
Comprised exclusively of clinical cases covering disorders of vitamin D and its clinical management, this concise, practical casebook will provide clinicians in endocrinology with the best real-world strategies to properly diagnose and treat the various forms of the condition they may encounter. Each chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management techniques used to treat it, as well as the case outcome and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included illustrate different causes of deficiency as well as management strategies, including deficiency in healthy patients and infants, in eating disorders and gastric bypass, surgical and chronic hypoparathyroidism, and chronic kidney disease, among others. Pragmatic and reader-friendly, Vitamin D: A Clinical Casebook will be an excellent resource for clinical endocrinologists, nutritionists, and family and emergency medicine physicians alike. Young Woman with Vitamin D Deficiency.- Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants.- Vitamin D Deficiency in Cystic Fibrosis.- Vitamin D Deficiency in Anorexia Nervosa.- Vitamin D Deficiency Following Bariatric Surgery.- Vitamin D in Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism.- Vitamin D in Patients with Hypoparathyroidism/Hypocalcemia.- Vitamin D in Disorders of Phosphorus.- Vitamin D in Disorders of Vitamin D Action: Vitamin D Dependent Rickets Type I.- Vitamin D Deficiency in Chronic Kidney Disease.- Vitamin D in Psoriasis.