A user-friendly, pocket-sized reference for all physicians faced with endocrine care and challenges in hospitalized patients, this handbook covers the most common issues leading to an inpatient endocrine consult, providing differential diagnoses, a reasonable and practical approach to investigating and managing the condition, and advice for follow-up. Conditions discussed include thyrotoxicosis and thyroid storm, calcium disorders, osteoporosis, Cushing's syndrome, pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, primary hyperaldosteronism, hypoglycemia in diabetic and non-diabetic patients, and endocrine issues during pregnancy, among others. Suggestions for further reading are included, providing more context for well-established clinical approaches. 
Written by experts with years of experience providing endocrinology consultations in a hospital setting, Handbook of Inpatient Endocrinology is a valuable, high-yield resource for endocrine residents and fellows, but it will be equally useful for any busy hospitalist or primary care physician when endocrinology consults are not available.

Pituitary Apoplexy.- Panhypopituitarism.- Postoperative Management after Pituitary Surgery.- Severe Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid Storm.- Myxedema Coma.- Abnormal Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Values That Are Not Due to Common Causes of Primary Hypothyroidism or Thyrotoxicosis.- Management of the Hospitalized Patient with Thyroid Dysfunction.- Perioperative Management of the Patient with Hyperthyroidism or Hypothyroidism Undergoing Nonthyroidal Surgery.- Thyroid Problems Encountered Specifically in Inpatients with Cardiac Disease.- Severe Hypercalcemia.- Hypocalcemia.- Perioperative Evaluation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Management of Osteoporosis in the Inpatient Setting.- Calcium Disorders in End Stage Renal Failure Including Those on Dialysis.- Disorders of the Serum Sodium Concentration.- Inpatient Management of Hyperkalemia

Suspected Adrenocortical Deficiency.- Cushing's Syndrome.- Adrenalectomy for Non-Secreting Adenoma or Adenocarcinoma.- Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.- Primary Hyperaldosteronism.- Treatment of Hyperglycemia in a Hospitalized Patient without Hyperglycemic Emergency.- Hypoglycemia in the Patient with Diabetes.- Hypoglycemia in Patients without Diabetes.- Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State.- Management of Preexisting Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes during Hospitalization.- Inpatient Insulin Pump Management.- Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in the Hospitalized Patient.- Hypomagnesemia.