We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
To save content items to your account,
please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies.
If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account.
Find out more about saving content to .
To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org
is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings
on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part
of your Kindle email address below.
Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations.
‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi.
‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
A number of endocrine diseases and emergencies can have unique characteristics in pregnancy and many early symptoms of common endocrine conditions may be difficult to differentiate from common symptoms experienced during a normal pregnant state. Thyroid storm is a clinical and biochemical state resulting in acute, severe over-production of and exposure to thyroid hormones. Glucocorticoids, iodides and beta-blockers are used in clinical management of thyroid storm. Myxoedema coma can occur in a woman with previously undiagnosed mild to moderate hypothyroidism progressing rapidly due to precipitating factor. Acute adrenal insufficiency caused by autoimmune destruction of adrenal cortex is managed by hydrocortisone treatment. Phaeochromocytoma crisis has highest risk of hypertensive crisis and death during labour. Alpha blockade with phenoxybenzamine is administered intravenously or orally according to the clinical status. Pituitary apoplexy, lymphocytic hypophysitis, pre-existing hypopituitarism are disorders of pitutary gland. Apoplexy needs careful monitoring of visual acuity and other upper cranial nerves.