Childhood Growth Hormone Deficiency and Hypopituitarism -- Growth Hormone Insensitivity -- Skeletal Dysplasias -- Idiopathic Short Stature -- Growth Hormone Treatment Of The Short Child Born Small For Gestational Age -- Growth Hormone Therapy in  Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome -- Turner Syndrome -- Management of Adult with Childhood Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency -- Diabetes Insipidus -- Management of Acute and Late Endocrine Effects Following Childhood Cancer Treatment -- Endocrinologic Sequelae of Anorexia Nervosa -- Adrenal Insufficiency -- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia -- Cushing Syndrome in Childhood -- Congenital Hypothyroidism -- Autoimmune Thyroid Disease -- Non-Thyroidal Illness Syndrome -- Resistance to Thyroid Hormone and TSH Receptor Mutations -- Thyroid Neoplasia -- Abnormalities in Calcium Homeostasis -- Rickets: The Skeletal Disorders of Impaired Calcium or Phosphate Availability -- Delayed Puberty -- Precocious Puberty: Clinical Management -- Management of Infants Born with Disorders of Sex Development -- Menstrual Disorders and Hyperandrogenism in Adolescence -- Contraception -- Hypoglycemia -- Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents -- Type II Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity in Youth -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyslipoproteinemias in Children and Adolescents -- Autoimmune Endocrine Disorders -- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes -- The Endocrine Response to Critical Illness.

A state-of-the-art and concise guide to the clinical management of pediatric endocrine disorders, the second edition of the highly regarded Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide covers the most common and challenging conditions seen by practicing endocrinologists and primary care physicians, including growth, hypothalamic, pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, calcium and bone, and reproductive disorders, as well as metabolic syndromes. This expanded second edition includes new topics being seen more commonly in pediatric endocrinology practices related to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus and lipid disorders. Each chapter contains an introductory discussion of the problem, a review of the clinical features that characterize it, the criteria needed to establish a diagnosis, and a comprehensive therapy section delineating the risks and benefits of the best therapeutic options available. Invaluable tables summarize the critical factors in etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and therapeutic dosages.  Pediatric Endocrinology: A Practical Clinical Guide, Second Edition, is a comprehensive resource for all clinicians concerned with the myriad endocrinologic disorders seen in children and adolescents.