Core Topics in Endocrinology in Anaesthesia and Critical Care

1. Anaesthesia for patients with pituitary disease Paul G. Murphy; 2. Thyroid P. A. Farling; 3. Parathyroid disease P. R. Michael, J. K. Beattie and J. M. Hunter; 4. Adrenal disease – cortex and medulla Charles S. Reilly; 5. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours including carcinoid C. J. R. Parker; 6. Multiple endocrine neoplasia Saffron Whitehead; 7. Diabetes: aetiology and pathophysiology George M. Hall; 8. Drugs used in diabetes mellitus Grainne Nicholson; 9. Management of diabetes in surgical inpatients George M. Hall; 10. The management of diabetes in obstetric patients Neville Robinson and David Vaughan; 11. Management of diabetes in paediatric surgery Ann E. Black and Angus McEwan; 12. Management of diabetes in ambulatory surgery Heidi Robertshaw; 13. The endocrine response to critical illness Steve Ball and Simon Baudouin; 14. Tight glucose control using intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill Mark E. Seubert, Saheed Kahn and A. B. Johan Groeneveld; 15. Glucocorticoids in the critically ill P. M. O'Neil and N. R. Webster; 16. Diabetic hyperglycaemic crises Barbara Philips; 17. Thyroid dysfunction and critical care B. Mullan; 18. Disorders of sodium balance Martin Smith; Index.