Clinical Rounds in Endocrinology : Volume II - Pediatric Endocrinology

This book on pediatric endocrinology covers interesting and yet often challenging cases among pediatric patients in a unique Question-Answer format.

This book on pediatricendocrinology covers interesting and yet often challenging cases amongpediatric patients in a unique Question-Answer format. Simulating the bed-sidecase discussions during the ward rounds, one question logically leads toanother, thereby generating curiosity and promoting evidence-based medicine.Taking the readers through the entire spectrum starting from etiology andpathophysiology to clinical presentation to management principles, eachquestion addresses one key aspect of the disorder. Described in a very simpleand lucid narrative, this book ensures sound conceptual understanding whilecovering each topic comprehensively. This volume covers important topics suchas short stature, pubertal disorders, thyroid disorders, childhood Cushingsyndrome, rickets and osteomalacia, disorder of sexual differentiation anddiabetes in the young. Less common disorder such as multiple endocrine neoplasiahas also been incorporated. These cases are not only seenby endocrinologists, but are also managed by paediatricians, internists,obstetricians and gynaecologists, orthopaedicians and surgeons.