"Principles of Autonomic Medicine" by David Goldstein (version 3) - Free e-Book available at thedysautonomiaproject.org

[ahimsa]

I was browsing https://thedysautonomiaproject.org/ and I found this free e-book, "Principles of Autonomic Medicine" by David S. Goldstein :

https://thedysautonomiaproject.org/...6/Principles-of-Autonomic-Medicine-v.-3.0.pdf

I have not read this book. But I did skim the contents and saw many familiar topics.

A lot of the content is way over my head! But it looks like it contains useful information for people on this forum who have been diagnosed with form of dysautonomia.

A short excerpt:

Why Did I Write this Book?

First, I wrote this book to teach trainees in autonomic disorders. The fellowship in autonomic disorders at the NIH is accredited by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties (UCNS). I want to help autonomics fellows pass the UCNS certifying examination.

Second, this book conveys an integrative approach to autonomic medicine. The founding concepts of cybernetic medicine, such as negative feedback regulation and homeostasis, are relatively simple to grasp and straightforward but nevertheless profound and powerful for understanding clinical autonomic disorders. Dysautonomias provide a platform for linking systems biology with integrative pathophysiology.

Third, I wrote this book to highlight clinical catecholamine neurochemistry and neuroimaging. These are extremely informative but underutilized ways to diagnose and understand the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying many autonomic disorders. At this point you may not even know how to pronounce the word, “catecholamine,” much less appreciate the medical, scientific, and even cultural significance of the three simple chemicals that make up the catecholamine family. Other autonomics textbooks do not go into these matters in depth.I’ve been entranced with catecholamines for most of my life. I hope reading this book will turn you into a catechol-aholic like me.

Fourth, I’ve designed this book to be a resource that patients, students, clinicians, and academicians can share. This is a tall order because of the obvious differences in education, competencies, vocabulary, needs, and expectations across these readerships. I hope this book will help empower and give responsibility to patients—i.e., “flip the clinic.”