ISBN : 9780199651672
Over the last few years there has been a substantial increase in the interest not only by the medical profession but also the media in the role of testosterone in health and disease. This interest has been mirrored by a rapid increase in research publications and development of improved modes of delivery of testosterone therapy. The second edition of this successful pocketbook provides clinicians with an update on the management of testosterone deficiency in men, and covers updated management guidelines, a new chapter on testosterone and mortality, and a concluding chapter of helpful case vignettes.
1. Testosterone deficiency: an overview
2. Clinical physiology of testosterone
3. Diagnosis of hyopogonadism: Symptoms, signs, tests and guidelines
4. Primary hypogonadism
5. Secondary hypogonadism
6. Late-onset hypogonadism
7. Testosterone replacement therapy
8. The prostate and other safety issues
9. Puberty and fertility
10. Testosterone and erectile dysfunction
11. Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes
12. The heart and cardiovascular disease
13. Testosterone and the brain
14. The role of androgens in osteoperosis and frailty
15. Testosterone and mortality
16. A perspective from primary care
17. Case vignettes
