Endocrine Emergencies
Endocrine emergencies are potentially life-threatening clinical problems, and are compounded by a lack of recognition, leading to delays in therapy - Marie Freel
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A life-saving initiative: Endocrine Emergency Guidance
Endocrine emergencies are potentially life-threatening clinical problems, and are compounded by a lack of recognition, leading to delays in therapy. Every endocrinologist is aware of patients, attending their outpatient clinic, with tales of suboptimal care in a non-endocrine clinical environment, because of a failure to understand their chronic condition and its possible complications. This is particularly relevant in adrenal insufficiency, and has led to potentially avoidable excess morbidity and mortality.
To address this issue, the Society’s Clinical Committee has launched a new initiative to introduce succinct and straightforward clinical guidance documents for use by the non-endocrinologist…
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An Evidence-Based Assessment Of Pediatric Endocrine Emergencies
Most emergency clinicians are quite comfortable treating diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children, but other rarer endocrine disorders in this population are likely to cause anxiety in even the most well-read emergency clinician.
Endocrine emergencies
Diabetic emergencies are common while non-diabetic endocrine emergencies are rarer and require a high index of suspicion for diagnosis and management...
Articles of Interest
Endocrinewise
Review of diabetes, adrenal and thyroid emergencies.
Acute Endocrine Emergencies
Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment...
Beyond the Basics: Endocrine Emergencies
Review of thyroid emergencies for EMS.
Endocrine Emergencies ddx
Case presentation...
Pediatric Endocrine Emergencies Quiz - 3/04
Covers a gamut of endocrine emergency issues.
