31 minutes, Produced in 2007

With amazing clarity, this DVD shows you how to spot clusters of endocrine signs and symptoms, assess them rapidly and thoroughly, uncover their most probable cause, and provide appropriate nursing care.

You’ll learn:

• how to distinguish the signs and symptoms of thyrotoxic crisis from those of myxedema
• the easiest, most accurate techniques for thyroid gland inspection, palpation, and auscultation
• how to differentiate between a thyroid bruit and a venous hum
• why thyroid hormone excess may cause a widened pulse pressure
• which key laboratory values can pinpoint thyrotoxic crisis and myxedema
• how to recognize Kussmaul’s respirations and other cardinal signs of diabetic ketoacidosis
• how to detect retinal changes in a patient with diabetic retinopathy.......and much, much more