This 2006 handbook of neonatal endocrinology provides a wealth of practical information on the diagnosis and management of suspected endocrine pathology.
This 2006 handbook of neonatal endocrinology provides a wealth of practical information on the diagnosis and management of suspected endocrine pathology.
Trained in medicine at the University of Southampton then spent two years training in adult medicine at Southampton University Hospitals. She trained in paediatrics in Nottingham, Oxford, the Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, New Zealand, and Manchester and trained in paediatric endocrinology in Manchester whilst studying for her DM thesis on the late effects of childhood cancer. This was followed by a post as a clinical lecturer in paediatrics at the University of Oxford (based in the neonatal unit) where she commenced her research into the endocrinology of the new-born. She has been a consultant Neonatologist in Cambridge since 1998.
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Introduction 1. Hyperglycaemia 2. Hypoglycaemia 3. Management of hyperinsulinism 4. Hypoglycaemia in infant of a diabetic mother 5. Dysmorphic features 6. Micropenis 7. Hypopituituarism 8. Ambiguous genitalia (male) 9. Cryptorchidism 10. Ambiguous genitalia (female) 11. Pigmented scrotum 12. Adrenal failure 13. Collapse 14. Hypotension 15. Hyponatraemia 16. Hyperkalaemia 17. Hypernatraemia 18. Maternal steroid excess 19. Hypercalcaemia 20. Hypocalcaemia 21. Investigation and management of babies of mothers with thyroid disease 22. Maternal and familial thyroid disease 23. Goitre 24. Abnormal neonatal thyroid function tests 25. Hypothyroxinaemia in preterm infants Appendix 1. Calculation of glucose intake Appendix 2. Dynamic tests Appendix 3. Normal ranges Appendix 4. Samples Appendix 5. Formulary.
