Surgery | Common Surgical Conditions | Endocrine Parathyroid Lumps
Endocrine: Parathyroid Lumps
Session Overview
Description
This session will provide you with an overview of the clinical presentation, investigation and management of parathyroid lumps.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Identify the anatomy and function of the parathyroid glands
- Establish the different types of hyperparathyroidism
- Define a hypercalcaemic crisis and its management
Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should read:
- Ellis H, Calne R, Watson C. The Parathyroids. Lecture notes: General surgery. 12th edn. London: Wiley-Blackwell. 2011;38:323-327.
- McLatchie G, Borley N, Chikwe J eds. Breast and endocrine surgery. Oxford handbook of clinical surgery. 4th edn. Oxford: OUP. 2013;6:260-261.
This parathyroid lump session aims to underpin the anatomy and physiology of the parathyroid glands and define the presentation and management of common conditions associated with parathyroid gland pathology and abnormal calcium homeostasis related to surgery.
- Anaesthesia | Transfer | Modes of Transport
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-22
- Location:Online
- This session considers the transport options available to critical care teams for the secondary and tertiary transfer of critically-ill patients.
- Anaesthesia | Sepsis | Resuscitation and treatment...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-22
- Location:Online
- This session describes the initial resuscitation for the patient with sepsis and septic shock. It focuses on the resuscitation and initial cardiovascular management of sepsis.
- Anaesthesia | Sepsis | Assessment and differential...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-22
- Location:Online
- This session describes how to assess a patient with suspected sepsis and recognize the differential diagnoses in suspected sepsis both on admission to hospital and in hospital.
- Anaesthesia | Sepsis | Sepsis Pathophysiology
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-22
- Location:Online
- This session provides an overview of the pathophysiological processes that underpin normal immune response to infection. It then outlines how these contribute to the development of sepsis.
- Anaesthesia | Recognition of the critically ill pa...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-22
- Location:Online
- This session defines the mortality rate for patients admitted to ICUs in the UK and discusses important aspects of severity of illness scoring systems that are applied to this population. This session also looks at the longer-term non-mortality outcomes e