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Children --- Children --- nutritional requirements --- nutritional requirements --- Nutrition physiology --- Nutrition physiology --- Endocrine glands --- Endocrine glands --- adipose tissue --- adipose tissue --- Corticoids. --- Corticoids

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Adrenocortical hormones --- Adrenal cortex hormones --- Adrenal steroids --- Adrenocorticoids --- Corticoids --- Corticosteroids --- Adrenal cortex --- Steroid hormones --- Antagonists

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Corticosteroids are mainly used to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. Corticosteroids will only be prescribed if the potential benefits of treatment outweigh the risks. They will also be prescribed at the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time. This book will strive to highlight the importance of corticosteroids, to focus on minimizing side effects, to monitor and sensitize the population on the potential adverse effects of misuse, to provide additional knowledge about the design and development of new drug delivery systems loaded with corticosteroids potentially useful in the treatment of chronic inflammatory-based diseases, and to reduce inflammation and affect the immune system. The major objective of this book will be to present the information in a lucid, condensed, and cohesive form and to specially cater to the needs of readers in medicine and pharmacy.

Adrenocortical hormones. --- Adrenal cortex hormones --- Adrenal steroids --- Adrenocorticoids --- Corticoids --- Corticosteroids --- Adrenal cortex --- Steroid hormones --- Medicine --- Endocrinology --- Health Sciences

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This comprehensive volume provides the current state of the art use of corticosteroids in the pediatric age group. The book consists of 14 chapters written by leading authors from around the world. The first chapters deal with historical notes, general concepts on treatment with corticosteroids with regard to indications and side effects, and the basic pharmacologic properties of these compounds. The rest of the book is devoted to the specific use of corticosteroids in the different pediatric subspecialties. Despite advances with newer effective immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids still remain the mainstay of therapy for many disorders. Rolando Cimaz is Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit at Meyer Children's Hopital in Florence, Italy, and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florence, Italy. He graduated from Milan University in Italy in 1987, is a specialist in Pediatrics (1991) and in Rheumatology (2003), and did his Fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology in Dallas, Texas, USA, in 1993-1994. He was Maitre de Conférences des Universités at Université Claude Bernard-Lyon in Lyon, France from 2005 to 2007. His main interest is pediatric rheumatology, and he has special expertise and scientific interest in osteoporosis, antiphospholipid antibodies, Kawasaki disease, synovial T cells, and neonatal lupus. Currently he is involved in many research projects, nationally and internationally. He has been on the Council of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society from 1999 to 2005 (treasurer), and from 2014-present (Research Chair). He is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, the Italian Society of Pediatrics, and the French Society of Pediatric Inflammatory Diseases. He is co-author of more than 230 peer-reviewed articles on PubMed, as well as more than 20 book chapters, all in the field of pediatric rheumatology. He is, or has been, on the Editorial board of several international journals (Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, Lupus, Arthritis and Rheumatism) and co-edited the book "Systemic Autoimmune Diseases in Pediatrics.".

Medicine & Public Health. --- Pediatrics. --- Rheumatology. --- Pharmacotherapy. --- Medicine. --- Médecine --- Pédiatrie --- Rhumatologie --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pediatrics --- Adrenocortical hormones --- Therapeutic use. --- Effectiveness. --- Paediatrics --- Pediatric medicine --- Adrenal cortex hormones --- Adrenal steroids --- Adrenocorticoids --- Corticoids --- Corticosteroids --- Children --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Adrenal cortex --- Steroid hormones --- Internal medicine --- Connective tissues --- Joints --- Drug therapy --- Pharmacotherapy --- Therapeutics --- Drugs --- Pharmacology

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The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure.  The exact prevalence of hypertension related to hormonal derangements (endocrine hypertension) is not known but estimated to affect less than 15% of hypertensive patients.  Recent scientific discoveries have increased the understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms of hypertension.  In Endocrine Hypertension, a renowned panel of experts provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of this disorder, discussing when to assign an endocrine cause in one of  many conditions that may present with hypertension.   The first part of Endocrine Hypertension is dedicated to adrenal causes.  The second part of the volume concerns potential nonadrenal causes of hypertension, such as growth hormone excess or deficiency, primary hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, testosterone deficiency, insulin resistance, obesity-associated hypertension, and the role of central mineralocorticoid receptors and cardiovascular disease. An important contribution to the literature, Endocrine Hypertension is an indispensable reference not only for endocrinologists, diabetologists, and adrenal investigators, but also for translational scientists and clinicians from cardiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, geriatrics, urology, and reproductive medicine / gynecology.

Hypertension --- Adrenocortical hormones --- Adrenal glands --- Adrenals --- Suprarenal bodies --- Suprarenal capsules --- Adrenal cortex hormones --- Adrenal steroids --- Adrenocorticoids --- Corticoids --- Corticosteroids --- Blood pressure, High --- High blood pressure --- Vascular hypertension --- Endocrine aspects. --- Physiological effect. --- Diseases --- Complications. --- Medicine. --- Obstetrics. --- Internal medicine. --- Cardiology. --- Endocrinology. --- Nephrology. --- Urology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Internal Medicine. --- Obstetrics/Perinatology. --- Adrenal cortex --- Steroid hormones --- Blood circulation disorders --- Endocrine glands --- Kidneys --- Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery. --- Maternal-fetal medicine --- Medicine --- Heart --- Internal medicine --- Medicine, Internal --- Hormones --- Genitourinary organs --- Endocrinology .