Advances in Pediatrics, 2021

1st Edition, Volume 68-1 - July 13, 2021
Editor: Carol D. Berkowitz
Language: English
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Advances in Pediatrics reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide pediatricians with the current clinical information they need to improve outcomes in children. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Carol Berkowitz, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in pediatrics inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Associate Editors
Contributors
Introduction
Health Systems Science
Key points
Health professions education requires a new approach
Health systems science as the third science
Systems thinking
Health care structures and processes
Population, public, and social determinants of health
Clinical informatics and health technology: telehealth
Health care policy and economics
Change agency, management, and advocacy
Summary
Clinics care points (evidence-based pearls and pitfalls for point of care)
When Less is More: The Role of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Patient Safety
Key points
Introduction
Background
Definitions of overuse, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment
The scope of harm
Case study in overuse: neuroblastoma screening
Why do providers do more when less is best?
What can be done?
Summary
Disclosure
Antibiotic Stewardship in Pediatrics
Key points
Introduction
Consequences of antibiotic overuse
Antibiotic stewardship strategies and antibiotic stewardship programs
Neonates
Pediatric intensive care unit
Outpatient antibiotic use
Summary
Clinics care points
Balancing Autonomy and Protection in Pediatric Treatment and Research
Key points
Introduction
Child protection versus child autonomy
Legal and ethical considerations
Developmental considerations
Family considerations
Cultural considerations
Health equity and access considerations
Relevant ethical models
Recommendations for balancing autonomy and protection in pediatric treatment and research
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Addressing Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences in the Pediatric Setting
Key points
Introduction
Parental adverse childhood experiences and child health outcomes
Early experiences and the impact of parental adverse childhood experiences on parenting behaviors
Intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences
Framework for addressing parental adverse childhood experiences in pediatric care settings
Recognition of parental adverse childhood experiences in clinical settings
The challenges of screening
Implications for practice
Universal interventions
Targeted prevention strategies for high-risk families
Resources
Summary
Caring for Medically Complex Children in the Outpatient Setting
Key points
Introduction
Identifying complex patients
Complex care clinic models
Challenges of delivering and managing complex care
Patient and family support
Transitions in care
Summary
Clinics care points
Postoperative Management of Pediatric Patients
Objectives
Introduction
Role of the pediatric hospitalist
Communication
Routine postsurgical management considerations
Complications
Special populations
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Adolescents
Key points
Introduction
Diagnosis
Management
Outcomes
Future Directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Updates in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Key points
Introduction
Classification
incidence and prevalence
Genetics
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis categories
Biologic therapies
Diet, antibiotics, and autoimmunity
Bone health in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Summary
Clinics care points
Vitamin D Update in the Pediatric Population
Key points
Introduction
Definition of hypovitaminosis D
Pediatric at-risk groups
Vitamin D assays
Vitamin D and clinical outcomes
Current supplementation guidelines
Extraskeletal effects of vitamin D
Summary
Pediatric Breast Masses: An Overview of the Subtypes, Workup, Imaging, and Management
Key points
Introduction
The spectrum of pediatric breast masses
Workup
Management of a pediatric breast mass
Summary
Clinics care points
Pituitary Tumors in Children
Key points
Introduction
Pituitary imaging
Pituitary cysts
Pituitary tumors
Other structural nontumorous findings in the pituitary and hypothalamic region
Evaluation of the child with a pituitary mass
Treatment
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Adrenal Tumors in Childhood
Key points
Introduction
Embryology and early development of the adrenal gland
Adrenocortical tumors
Primary bilateral adrenal hyperplasias
Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
Clinics care points
Advances in the Surgical Management of Esophageal Atresia
Key points
Introduction
Surgical management
Summary
Clinics care points
Trends in Pediatric Recreational Drug Use and Ingestions
Key points
Introduction
Clinical approach
Current toxidromes
Summary
Clinics care points

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