Pituitary Replacement Therapy - A Practical Approach

Case description

Speaker discusses methods of managing patients with pituitary dysfunction. At the beginning he reminds various aetiologies of hypopituarism. In the next parts he shows some datas related to deficits due to damage of pituitary gland, including prevalence, mortality and hormone replacement therapy. Then the speaker continues his presentation with discussing general rules while treating with hormone replacement therapies in adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism and hypogonadism, GH replacement therapy , advantages and risk connected with the therapy.

Video by Pacific Neuroscience Institute

tags: hypopituarism hypothyroidism hypogonadism hormone replacement therapy GH hormone

Editor

Agata Twardowska

MD