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Advances in Pediatrics, 2023
- 1st Edition, Volume 70-1 - July 11, 2023
- Editors: Carol Berkowitz, Jane Carver, Moira Szilagyi, Ronald Hirschl, Surendra Varma
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 4 6 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 4 7 - 0
Advances in Pediatrics reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide pediatricians and primary care providers with the current… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Pediatrics reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide pediatricians and primary care providers with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. 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.
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Contains 16 articles on such topics as transgender medicine, effects of COVID on trauma and child abuse, preventing cardiac death in children, Munchhausen syndrome by proxy, appendicitis, and more.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in pediatrics, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
Pediatricians
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Associate Editors
- Contributors
- Preface
- Pediatrics in Disasters: Evolution of a Hybrid Global Health Training Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Key points
- Introduction/background
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Summary
- Funding/support
- Author contributions
- The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Violent Injuries in Children: A Literature Review
- Key points
- Introduction
- Classifications of violent injury
- Institution-specific data
- Gun Violence Archive data
- Databases and information systems
- Demographic characteristics
- Relevant factors for consideration
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Burns in Children: Accidental or Inflicted?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Describing burns
- Thermal burns
- Chemical burns
- Evaluation
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Medical Child Abuse: A Review by Subspecialty
- Key points
- Background
- Barriers to identification and reporting
- Epidemiology
- Reporting to child protective services
- Perpetrator profile
- Screening and detection: roles of all medical providers
- Treatment of medical child abuse
- Testifying in court
- Future directions
- Clinics care points
- Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Myasthenia Gravis in Infants and Children with Presentation of Cases
- Key points
- Introduction
- Case description
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Guillain–Barre Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
- Key points
- Overview
- Epidemiology
- Diagnosis
- Presentation and disease course
- Variants
- Pathophysiology
- Differential diagnosis
- Management
- Prognosis
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Appendicitis in Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of pediatric appendicitis
- Pathophysiology of pediatric appendicitis
- Diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis
- Management of pediatric appendicitis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Surgery for Thyroid Disease in Children
- Key points
- MEN 2
- Grave’s disease
- Nodular thyroid disease
- Operative approach
- Postoperative care
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction in Newborns
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology of lower urinary tract obstruction
- Prenatal diagnosis and management of lower urinary tract obstruction
- Prenatal management
- Aneuploidy testing
- Detailed anatomy ultrasound
- Vesicocentesis and biochemical markers
- Prenatal interventions and staging systems
- Prognosis and outcomes after prenatal diagnosis of lower urinary tract obstruction
- Fetal intervention risks and complications
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Children and Adolescents
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical manifestations
- Laboratory investigations
- Definitions
- Management
- Response
- Long-term care
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Update on Atopic Dermatitis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Risk factors
- Presentation and diagnosis (I) clinical features and comorbidities
- Treatment
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Chest Pain, Palpitations, and Syncope: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- General content
- Symptoms
- Evaluation and workup
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosures
- Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents
- Key points
- Introduction
- Mental health outcomes
- Promotion of a safe and supportive clinic environment
- Prepubertal children
- Adolescents
- Working with parents and family members
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 70-1
- Published: July 11, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443246463
- eBook ISBN: 9780443246470
JC
Jane Carver
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular
Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FloridaRH
Ronald Hirschl
University of Michigan
SV
Surendra Varma
Affiliations and expertise
Texas Tech University of Health Sciences