Core Topics in Endocrinology in Anaesthesia and Critical Care

George Hall is Professor of Anaesthesia at St George's, University of London, UK. Jennifer Hunter is Professor of Anaesthesia at the University of Liverpool, UK. Mark Cooper is Clinical Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Birmingham, UK.

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.