BookRebecca S. Bahn, editor.
Summary: This indispensable volume is designed to facilitate the best possible physician?patient discussion on Graves? disease by providing the most up-to-date evidence-based information in a clinically useful and patient-centric manner. Comprehensive and covering such topics as Professionalism and the Art of Patient-centric Thyroidology, the Immunopathogenesis of Graves? Disease, and the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Storm, the book addresses all the important refinements in the treatment of Graves? disease in recent years. These include new indications and contraindications for antithyroid drugs, improved approaches to radioactive iodine therapy, the development of novel surgical techniques, and a better understanding of the combined use of these modalities, among other developments. Also addressed are the advances in the treatment of GO, including the use of disease activity and severity assessments to inform management decisions and the completion of the first randomized controlled therapeutic trials. Developed by a renowned group of internationally respected authorities, Graves? Disease: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians is a significant new reference that will be of great interest to all clinicians who treat this debilitating condition.
Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Professionalism and the Art of Patient-centric Thyroidology
Chapter 2: Immunopathogenesis of Graves' Disease
Chapter 3: Epidemiology and Genetic Factors in Graves' Disease and Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Chapter 4: Laboratory and Clinical Assessment of Hyperthyroidism
Chapter 5: Evidence-Based Discussion of Treatment Options for Graves' Disease
Chapter 6: Antithyroid Drug Therapy in Patients with Graves' Disease
Chapter 7: Radioiodine Treatment in Patients with Graves' Disease
Chapter 8: Thyroidectomy in Patients with Graves' Disease
Chapter 9: Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Storm
Chapter 10: Impact of Hyperthyroidism on the Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Systems and Management of Patients with Subclinical Graves' Disease
Chapter 11: Graves? Disease in Childhood
Chapter 12: Graves? Disease and Pregnancy
Chapter 13: Pathogenesis of Graves' Orbitopathy
Chapter 14: Combined Thyroid Eye Clinics in the Management of Graves? Ophthalmopathy
Chapter 15: Thyroid Dermopathy and Acropachy
Chapter 16: Treatment of Hyperthyroidism in Patients with Graves' Orbitopathy
Chapter 17: Assessment and Management Plan for Graves' Orbitopathy
Chapter 18: Natural History, Risk Factors and Management of Patients with Mild GO
Chapter 19: Medical Treatment for Moderately Severe and Vision-Threatening Graves' Orbitopathy
Chapter 20: Pre-Operative Assessment and Orbital Decompression Surgery in Patients with Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Chapter 21: Surgical Management of Extraocular Muscle Dysfunction in Patients with GO
Chapter 22: Quality of Life in Graves' Ophthalmopathy
Chapter 23: Future Therapy for Graves' Disease and Ophthalmopathy.