Modern Critical Care Endocrinology, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

This issue of?Critical Care Clinics, Guest Edited by Dr. Rinaldo Bellomo, focuses on?Modern Critical Care Endocrinology. Article topics include: Diabetes insipidus and SIADH in the ICU; Estrogen therapy in ICU patients; The angiotensin family, ACE and ACE 2; Angiotensin II in vasodilatory shock;?Vasopressin in vasodilatory shock;?Hydrocortisone in vasodilatory shock;?Erythropoietin in trauma and critical illness;?HbA1c and permissive hyperglycemia in diabetic ICU patients;?Osteoporosis and the critically ill patient;?New oral agents for the treatment of diabetes;?Melatonin in critical care;?The incretins in ICU patients;?Hepcidin; Thyroid hormone therapy in the ICU;?and Hormonal therapy in organ donors.