Practical Tips for Endocrine and Metabolic Challenges
- Pituitary disorders
- Hypoglycemia
- Free radicals — Essential in health, deadly in disease
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Apoptosis
- Adrenal gland dysfunction
- Addison’s disease
- Jaundice
- Implications of hormones
- Thyroid disorders - Mechanism of onset affects treatment
Advanced Cardiovascular and Renal Concepts
- Starling’s Law - Normal capillary flow
- Heart failure
- Relationship between cardiac diseases and hypertension
- Unraveling hypertension
- Current concept on cardiogenic shock
- Atherosclerosis - The role of inflammation
- Anaphylaxis
- Acid-base disorders
Acute Respiratory Diagnoses
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations
- Obstructive lung diseases affecting the mechanics of lung ventilation
- Sudden death in asthma
- Acute lung failure/ARDS
- Arterial blood gases - Made simple
Mastering Shock
- Common mechanisms of all types of shock
- The cardinal role of mediators in shock
- Newer therapies based on current pathophysiological understanding
- End points of resuscitation
- What type of shock is this?
The Immune System Impact
- Inflammation - Acute phase response
- Systemic inflammatory response
- Infection – Part of a bigger picture
- Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- Stress reaction
- Autoimmune diseases