Endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition

By Alex Yartsev - 14/07/2015

Offered below is an organised list of summaries on the topic of endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition from the Critical Care Compendium, courtesy of LITFL. Given the mixture of topics, the ideal audience for this material is the final stage exam candidate pursuing dual CICM and ACEM fellowship qualifications.

Endocrinology metabolism and nutrition in the Critical Care Compendium
Nutrition and malnutrition Differential diagnosis of weight loss Causes of malabsorption Prokinetics Refeeding syndrome Starvation response Substrate metabolism - rest versus stress TPN, total parenteral nutrition Enteral nutrition versus parenteral nutrition Intolerance to enteral nutrition Immunonutrition Daily nutritional requirements Enteral feed types Feeding NG versus PEG versus percutaneous jejunostomy Nutrition Literature Summaries Nutrition in the Critically Ill Obese Patient Obesity Oxidative stress in critical illness Overfeeding Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tube Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency Poor nutrition in the critically ill Vitamin D in Critical Illness Thiamine deficiency, beri beri, Wernicke's encephalopathy Anorexia nervosa Folate deficiency Nutritional assessment and prediction of metabolic requirements metabolic cart Basal metabolic rate Indirect calorimetry Nutritional assessment in the critically ill Disturbances of glucose metabolism Differential diagnosis of hypoglycaemia Glucose control literature summaries Glycemic control in critical care Glucose control in ICU, intensive care, critical care Stress induced hyperglycemia Alcoholic ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis Hyperosmotic hyperosmolar syndrome Thyroid pathology Differential diagnosis of goitre Thyroid Function Tests, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism Myxoedema coma, hypothyroidsim Thyroid storm, hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis Medications and thyroid function Adrenal pathology Phaeochromocytoma Adrenal insufficiency Corticosteroids overview Steroid conversion Disturbances of other hormones Differential diagnosis of acanthosis nigricans Differential diagnosis of gynaecomastia Carcinoid syndrome

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Endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition

Nutrition and malnutrition

Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency

Nutritional assessment and prediction of metabolic requirements

Disturbances of glucose metabolism

Thyroid pathology

Adrenal pathology

Disturbances of other hormones