Adrenal Crisis: eMedicine Endocrinology
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Adrenal Crisis: eMedicine Endocrinology
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Most Recently Shared on May 5, 2010 at 6:07 pm By:
The primary hormone of importance in acute adrenal crisis is cortisol. More about adrenal crisis, including causes. http://bit.ly/9Se0zZ
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mdlinx.com — “Salt-losing crisis in infants--not always of adrenal origin” View full resource at mdlinx.com
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Salt-losing crisis in infants--not always of adrenal origin: European Journal of Pediatrics http://t.co/UxSZlA1 #endo
Myxedema Coma or Crisis: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The term myxedema has been applied to several clinical entities and is often used interchangeably with severe hypothyroidism, the common clinical condition in which the thyroid gland produces abnormally low levels of hormones. Myxedema also refers ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on May 10, 2010 at 5:34 pm By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Myxedema coma/crisis occurs in mostly older women with untreated hypothyroidism. Learn more about the conditions. http://bit.ly/9HQ9z7
Adrenal Disease and Pregnancy: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Adrenal Cortical Changes in Normal Pregnancy Human pregnancy involves considerable endocrine changes. The pregnant woman and the fetus adapt to this unique endocrine milieu by various mechanisms. The development of a new endocrine organ, the fetoplacental unit, accounts ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Human pregnancy involves considerable endocrine changes. Learn about adrenal disease and pregnancy. http://bit.ly/9TKrj3
C-17 Hydroxylase Deficiency: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The rare variant of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) known as 17-hydroxylase deficiency was first described in the 1960s in patients with sexual infantilism and hypertension. It has also been described to present in the setting of ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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C-17 hydroxylase deficiency is reportedly very rare, with less than 150 well-validated cases documented. Learn more. http://bit.ly/crAjxZ
C-11 Hydroxylase Deficiency: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a general term used to describe a group of inherited disorders in which a defect in cortisol biosynthesis is present with consequent overproduction of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and secondary adrenal hyperplasia ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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The prevalence of C-11 hydroxylase deficiency is approximately 1 case per 100,000 live births. Learn more. http://bit.ly/dpfa1h
Adrenal Adenoma: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Adrenal masses (AMs) are often discovered incidentally and are then termed adrenal incidentalomas (AIs). They are often discovered after an imaging procedure is performed that is unrelated to the adrenal gland. Usually, the patient has no ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Approximately 80% of adrenal adenomas are nonfunctioning and benign. Learn about causes & symptoms. http://bit.ly/a5MMeQ
Conn Syndrome: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Conn syndrome is characterized by increased aldosterone secretion from the adrenal glands, suppressed plasma renin activity (PRA), hypertension, and hypokalemia. It was first described in 1955 by JW Conn in a patient who, as in the ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Primary hyperaldosteronism is used to describe Conn syndrome. Learn more about Conn syndrome. http://bit.ly/9vmzLY
Pheochromocytoma: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor derived from chromaffin cells. When such tumors arise outside of the adrenal gland, they are termed extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas, or paragangliomas. Because of excessive catecholamine secretion, pheochromocytomas may precipitate life-threatening hypertension ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on May 5, 2010 at 6:05 pm By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Pheochromocytomas are rare, reportedly occurring in 0.05-0.2% of hypertensive individuals. Learn causes & symptoms. http://bit.ly/aWgyiN
Obesity: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Obesity is a substantial public-health crisis in the United States and in the rest of the developed world. The prevalence is increasing rapidly in numerous developing nations worldwide. This growing rate represents a pandemic that needs ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 30, 2010 at 5:43 pm By:
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A normal BMI, rather than obesity, may be associated with a higher mortality rate in elderly people. http://bit.ly/bUS1VV
Adrenal Insufficiency and Adrenal Crisis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Adrenal crisis and severe acute adrenocortical insufficiency are often elusive diagnoses that may result in severe morbidity and mortality when undiagnosed or ineffectively treated. Although it is thought by experts that more than 50 steroids are ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 25, 2010 at 5:47 pm By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Adrenal crisis and severe acute adrenocortical insufficiency are often elusive diagnoses. Learn more about it. http://bit.ly/a7E1xx
Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome, Type I: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Polyglandular autoimmune (PGA) syndromes (otherwise known as polyglandular failure syndromes) are constellations of multiple endocrine gland insufficiencies. Other descriptive terminologies, such as autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome (APS), also are used in the literature. In the classification of ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 3:14 am By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Type 1 polyglandular autoimmune syndrome is associated with candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism, and adrenal failure. http://bit.ly/XGXEd
Addison Disease: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Thomas Addison first described the clinical presentation of primary adrenocortical insufficiency (Addison disease) in 1855 in his classic paper, On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Supra-Renal Capsules.1Recent studiesWhite and Arlt examined ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 2:01 am By:
Susan Scroggins Health Advocate and Active Health Library
Addison disease is adrenocortical insufficiency due to the destruction or dysfunction of the entire adrenal cortex. http://bit.ly/bQXedg
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, Type 2: eMedicine Endocrinology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Sipple first described an association between thyroid cancer and pheochromocytoma (benign tumor of the adrenal medulla) in 1961. The thyroid cancer found with pheochromocytoma was discovered to be a medullary carcinoma characterized by stromal amyloid in ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on February 12, 2010 at 5:21 pm By:
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Combining CT and MIBG scanning is an effective means of finding bilateral pheochromocytomas. At http://bit.ly/aLw6MK
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Combining (18)F-DOPA and CT scanning offers an accurate means of diagnosing and localizing pheochromocytomas. At http://bit.ly/aLw6MK
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