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Advances in Pediatrics, 2009

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 56
  • December 11, 2009
  • Michael S. Kappy
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 1 6 0 - 5 7 5 3 - 6

Nutritional Deficiencies, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 56-5
  • December 11, 2009
  • Praveen S. Goday + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 1 2 5 7 - 5
This issue of Pediatric Clinics offers an update on Nutritional Deficiencies. Guest Editors Drs. Praveen Goday and Timothy Sentongo have assembled a panel of world-class experts who offer reviews on topics including Protein-energy malnutrition, Nutritional deficiencies in the developing world, Nutritional deficiencies in children on restricted diets, Nutritional deficiencies in obesity (including bariatric surgery), Nutritional deficiencies during normal growth, Nutritional deficiencies during critical illness, Nutritional deficiencies in preterm infants, Nutritional deficiencies in liver disease, Short bowel syndrome, Cystic fibrosis, Refeeding syndrome, and Therapies associated with nutrient deficiencies (Sulfasalazine, methotrexate, seizure medications, steroids).

Guide pratique de la consultation en pédiatrie

  • 9th Edition
  • October 21, 2009
  • Jérôme Valleteau de Moulliac + 2 more
  • French
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 2 - 9 9 4 1 0 0 8 - 5 - 0
Sollicité au préalable par les parents pour tous les problèmes liés à la santé de leur enfant, le médecin généraliste est en première ligne pour la surveillance et le suivi du bon développement du jeune patient. Pour mener à bien ces consultations et répondre à toutes les questions fréquemment posées par les parents, ce guide pratique rappelle les règles fondamentales de la consultation pédiatrique et précise les conduites à tenir face aux pathologies les plus courantes : vaccinations, diarrhée, constipation, anorexie et vomissement du nourrisson, problèmes courants d'ORL, orthopédie, affections cutanées, troubles du comportement, difficultés scolaires... Faisant suite aux succès des précédentes éditions, cette 9e édition bénéficie d'une mise à jour complète de tous les chapitres et d'une réactualisation des calendriers de vaccinations. Afin de permettre au médecin de se situer dans sa prescription, les recommandations officielles (conférences de Consensus, HAS, Affsaps, Afssa, sociétés savantes), viennent compléter chacun des chapitres de l'ouvrage. Clair, didactique et illustré de nombreux tableaux et schémas, ce guide est un outil indispensable à tout praticien prenant en charge l'enfant, du premier âge à l'adolescence.

Fetal Neurology, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 36-3
  • October 2, 2009
  • Adre J du Plessis
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 1 2 5 9 - 9
Fetal Neurology is covered in this issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited by Dr. Adre du Plessis. The genetic basis of normal brain development and its disorders is explored, including reviews on the prosencephalon, the cerebral cortex, and the cerebellum. Next, normal and abnormal circulatory support of the fetal brain is covered, with articles on normal fetal cerebral substrate supply, disorders of placental circulation and the fetal brain, and disorders of fetal circulation and the fetal brain. Toxic-metabolic causes of disturbed brain development is reviewed, including articles on primary disorders of metabolism and disturbed fetal brain development and maternal drug abuse and impaired fetal brain development. Next, a section on infectious-inflammatory causes of disturbed brain development includes articles on fetal viral infections and impaired brain development and fetal inflammation and impaired brain development. A section on disorders of labor and delivery covers fetal hypoxia insults and patterns of brain injury, the fetal heart rate response to hypoxia, and non-asphyxial hypoxic-ischemic brain injury during prolonged labor. The issue closes with a section on advances in fetal neurodiagnostic testing, including reviews on imaging the fetal brain, quantitative fetal heart rate techniques, and fetal magnetoencephalography for assessment of fetal neurologic function.

Pediatric Quality, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 56-4
  • August 27, 2009
  • Leonard G. Feld + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 1 2 5 6 - 8
This issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Leonard Feld and Shabnam Jain, reviews the topic of Pediatric Quality. The issue opens by examining the case for quality improvement in pediatrics. Approaches to improve pediatric health care, driving children’s healthcare initiatives, and the future of quality on pediatric practice are examined.

Pediatric PET Imaging, An Issue of PET Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 3-4
  • August 21, 2009
  • Hongming Zhuang + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 1 6 0 - 6 1 1 2 - 0
Now that the applications of positron emission tomography (PET) are becoming more clearly understood, PET is now being used in pediatric population. Important considerations in its use on children are patient preparation and radiation exposure. This issue reviews the use of PET to image children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, brain tumors, and inflammatory bowel disease, among other conditions. Also included is the use of PET to assess response to therapy.

Instant Work-ups: A Clinical Guide to Pediatrics

  • 1st Edition
  • August 10, 2009
  • Theodore X. O'Connell + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 1 6 0 - 5 4 6 2 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 2 5 1 3 - 1
Instant Workups: Clinical Guide to Pediatrics, by Theodore X. O'Connell, MD, is a portable pocket resource and quick refresher that helps you develop and refine your diagnostic skills. Practical and easy to use, it provides clear workup plans for the most common pediatric conditions, providing you with quick, focused guidance with the flexibility to adapt to each unique patient. Topics are organized alphabetically and cover the signs, symptoms, and abnormal lab readings for each condition. Replace information taken from memory or multiple references with one concise, indispensable book so you can make accurate diagnoses in less time!

Fetal Surgery, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 36-2
  • July 23, 2009
  • Hanmin Lee
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 0 5 2 1 - 8
This issue of Clinics in Perinatology, guest edited by Dr. Hanmin Lee, examines the topic of Fetal Surgery. The issue begins with an overview, including the history of fetal surgery, ethical implications, and maternal management and outcome. Imaging (including Ultrasound, MRI, and Echocardiology) and Specific Diseases (including Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Fetal Lung Lesions, Obstructive Uropathy, TTTS, MMC, TRAP and other discordant twins, and Congenital Cardiac Anomalies) are also examines. The issue concludes with a look at research and future directions, including Stem Cell Transplant/Gene Therapy, Consortiums/Registries, and Fetal Tissue Engineering.

Advances in Neonatology, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 56-3
  • June 26, 2009
  • Lucky Jain + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 0 5 2 0 - 1
This issue of Pediatric Clinics offers an update on Advances in Neonatology. Guest Editors Drs. Lucky Jain and David Carlton have assembled a panel of world-class experts who offer reviews on topics including Trends in birthing, gestational age, birth weight and mortality in newborns; Late Prematurity; Advances in newborn resuscitation; Approaches to infants with congenital anomalies; Advances in neonatal surgery; Respiratory failure in the term and near term infant; Mechanical ventilation of the newborn; Pulmonary hypertension in the newborn; Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Necrotising enterocolitis; Hyperbilirubinemia; Retinopathy of Prematurity; Surgical approaches to an infant with congenital heart disease; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Neonatal sepsis; and Quality improvement in neonatology.

Child Abuse and Neglect: Advancements and Challenges in the 21st Century, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 56-2
  • May 1, 2009
  • Andrew Sirotnak
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 0 5 1 9 - 5
Child Abuse and Neglect is reviewed in this issue of Pediatric Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Andrew Sirotnak. Authorities in the field have come together to pen articles on physical abuse (including abusive head trauma, retinal hemorrhages, and fractures), neglect (including drug exposed children, what has changed, what is reported, cultural aspects, system response, and outcomes), systems (including foster care, home visitation models, child abuse prevention education, implications for child advocacy efforts, mental health care for the abused child and the offending family, challenges in access to care, public policy, child fatality review teams, the growth of systematic review, changes in definitions of SIDS, SUDS, and domestic violence prevention) and the future of the child abuse field (including education and subspecialty certification, the role of the primary care provider, the medical legal interface, and old and new national and international challenges).

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