Patterns, pearls and practical medicine

Endocrinology

Diabetes

  • Diabetes Mellitus: aetiology and general strategies
  • Diagnosing diabetes
  • Diabetes medications and glucose control
  • Insulin
  • Hyperglycaemia
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Glycaemic control in specific situations
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
  • Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic State (HHS)
  • The diabetic foot
  • Other diabetic complications
  • Diabetes technology
  • Psychology and psychiatry in diabetes care

Thyroid disease

  • Thyroid disease and odd TFTs
  • Thyroid lumps and nodules
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Hypothyroidism

Adrenal and pituitary disease

  • Adrenal insufficiency
  • Adrenal tumours and nodules
  • Cushing’s syndrome
  • Phaeochromocytomas
  • AVP deficiency (Diabetes Insipidus)
  • Acromegaly
  • Hypopituitarism and other pituitary disease
  • Hyperprolactinaemia

Other hormonal disorders

  • Endocrine / neuroendocrine (NET) tumours
  • Sex hormone disorders
  • Menopause

Electrolyte disturbance (and associated hormonal disease)

  • Hyponatraemia
  • Hypernatraemia
  • Hypocalcaemia
  • Hypercalcaemia
  • Hypokalaemia
  • Hyperkalaemia
  • Magnesium
  • Phosphate

Topics in development


Emergency drug doses

  • Hypoglycaemia
  • DKA
  • HHS
  • Thyroid storm
  • Adrenal crisis
  • Severe hyponatraemia (<125)
  • Severe hypokalaemia (< 2.8)
  • Hyperkalaemia (>6.0)
  • Severe hypocalcaemia

Useful scores


Guidelines

 

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