Understanding Adrenal Diseases for Anesthesia Exams

This chapter delves into detailed concepts of adrenal diseases crucial for anesthesia exams, focusing on adrenal cortex physiology, biochemistry, and histology. It emphasizes high-yield topics like pheochromocytoma, cushing's disease, and aldosteroneism, highlighting key physiological functions, hormone synthesis, lab findings, and treatment strategies. The discussion includes the role of the adrenal medulla in the autonomic nervous system, test-taking techniques, and the synthesis of adrenal medullary hormones.