Books in Pediatrics

Pediatric Emergencies, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 60-5
October 15, 2013
Richard Lichtenstein + 1 more
English

The care of children with acute medical problems is evolving as knowledge of new conditions develops. In addition, technology also changes to provide solutions to optimize care. This issue of PCNA highlights the important populations, disease states, and technological advancements in pediatric emergency medicine. Although concussion and head injury are common occurrences for the practicing pediatrician, we now better understand how to evaluate and manage these children and to use CT scans appropriately. Pediatric offices need to be incorporated in any emergency plan for both acute emergencies and common injuries. Analgesia and sedation must always be considered to provide comfort for children. Technologically assisted children and children with acute psychiatric and behavioral problems are now more commonplace in the Emergency Department as well as the office setting, and the practicing pediatrician needs to have a clear plan in understanding these medical conditions and appropriate management and referral. New drugs of abuse and foreign body ingestions are prevalent and have unique diagnostic and treatment challenges. Skin infections and abscesses have always been common but our knowledge of resistance patterns and best practices for treatment is changing. Finally, whether it is the pediatric office practitioner or the Emergency medicine physician, we need to continue our important efforts in injury prevention for the future of our children.

Year Book of Pediatrics 2014

1st Edition
September 26, 2013
James A. Stockman III
English

Advances in Pediatrics, 2013

1st Edition
Volume 2013
September 19, 2013
Michael S. Kappy
English

Each year, Advances in Pediatrics brings you the best current thinking from the preeminent practitioners in your field. A distinguished editorial board identifies current areas of major progress and controversy and invites specialists to contribute original articles on these topics. These insightful overviews bring concepts to a clinical level and explore their everyday impact on patient care. Among the topics included in this year’s edition are Immunizations, Vitamin D Deficiency, Treatment of Allergic Disease, Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis, to name a few. Each edition has a tradition of honoring those who contributed greatly to pediatrics in the "Foundations of Pediatrics" segment; this edition features Helen Brook Taussig, MD, leader and innovator in pediatric cardiology, as the annual honoree.

Pediatric Otolaryngology, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 60-4
August 28, 2013
Harold S. Pine
English

Dr. Pine has created a comprehensive issue that offers updates on the most commonly seen otolaryngologic symptoms and disease states. Articles are devoted to Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy; OSA and Other Sleep Disorders in Children; Otitis Media and Ear Tubes Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants; Larygopharyngeal Reflux in Children; Voice Disorders in Children; Laryngomalacia; Enlarged neck lymph nodes in Children; Hemangiomas; Nasal Obstruction in Newborns; Chronic Cough in Children; Dysphagia in Children; Rhinosinusitis in Children; and Pediatric ENT simulation.

Cerebral Palsy in Infancy

1st Edition
August 18, 2013
Roberta B. Shepherd
English

Cerebral Palsy in Infancy is a thought-provoking book which introduces a new way of thinking on the development and use of interventions. Relevant to current practice, it advocates early, targeted activity that is focused on increasing muscle activation, training basic actions and minimizing (or preventing) mal-adaptive changes to muscle morphology and function. The authors present recent scientific findings in brain science, movement sciences (developmental biomechanics, motor control mechanisms, motor learning, exercise science) and muscle biology. This knowledge provides the rationale for active intervention, underpinning the need for an early referral to appropriate services. The book features methods for promoting relatively intensive physical activity in young infants without placing a burden on parents which include assistive technologies such as robotics, electronic bilateral limb trainers and baby treadmills. Cerebral Palsy in Infancy begins by specifying the guidelines for training and exercise, outlining the rationale for such intervention. It goes on to cover the fundamentals of neuromotor plasticity and the development and negative effects of limited motor activity on brain organization and corticospinal tract development. Neuromuscular adaptations to impairments and inactivity are discussed along with the General Movement assessment that can provide early diagnosis and prognosis, facilitating very early referral from paediatric specialists to training programs. The book ends with a section featuring various methods of training with the emphasis on preventing/minimizin... muscle contracture, stimulating biomechanically critical muscle activity and joint movement. An ideal clinical reference for those working to improve the lives of infants suffering from cerebral palsy. CONTRIBUTORS: Adel Abdullah Alhusaini (Saudi Arabia); David I. Anderson (USA); Nicolas Bayle (France); Roslyn Boyd (Australia); Giovanni Cioni (Italy); Diane L. Damiano (USA); Janet Eyre (UK); Linda Fetters (USA); Mary Galea (Australia); Andrew M Gordon (USA); Martin Gough (UK); Richard L Lieber (USA); Jens Bo Nielsen (Denmark); Micah Perez (Australia); Caroline Teulier (France). "This book provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges of motor development and the consequent impact of poor motor function in later childhood for infants with cerebral palsy (CP)."Reviewed by: Oxford Brookes University on behalf of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Dec 2014

Urgences pédiatriques

4th Edition
July 31, 2013
Gérard Chéron
French

Plus d'une urgence sur trois est pédiatrique. L'hospitalo-centrism... est devenu un réflexe social dans des temps où des réseaux de soins se mettent en place, quand la diffusion du savoir est de plus en plus rapide. Toutefois, seule la consultation par un médecin expert en médecine de l'enfant objectivera les situations dont l'analyse et/ou le traitement rapide sont indispensables pour espérer une évolution immédiatement favorable. Cet objectif repose sur la sémiologie et l'identification des symptômes. C'est pourquoi l'ensemble des auteurs réunis dans cet ouvrage, tous cliniciens, ont choisi de traiter chaque pathologie en favorisant l'analyse sémiologique, le classement des hypothèses et la chronologie d'éventuels examens complémentaires. Les motifs de consultation les plus fréquents, signes-symptômes et affections, ont été privilégiés. Chacun est traité de façon concise et homogène : définition, fréquence, épidémiologie, clinique, signes de gravité, examens complémentaires indispensables, utiles et inutiles, prévention et puériculture. Cette quatrième édition est entièrement mise à jour et augmentée d'illustrations originales. La version en ligne s'enrichit, en plus de l'ouvrage, d'une centaine d'illustrations supplémentaires. Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux pédiatres ainsi qu'aux médecins généralistes, libéraux et hospitaliers.

Pediatría en atención primaria

3rd Edition
July 17, 2013
Josep Bras Marquillas + 3 more
Spanish

Nueva edición de "Pediatría en Atención Primaria", obra de referencia que cubre los aspectos, tanto médicos como psicosociales, de la atención primaria pediátrica. Cuenta con la colaboración de más de 60 reputados profesionales que abordan el tema desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar: pediatras, fisioterapeutas, cirujanos, psiquiatras, entre otros. Cada capítulo sigue un modelo esquemático común, conteniendo un brevísimo recuerdo anatómico-funcional con las especificaciones infantiles-juveniles que correspondan: la definición, la epidemiología, etiopatogenia, clínica, diagnóstico, diagnóstico diferencial, terapia y prevención. También, incluye prácticos algoritmos de decisión y terapéuticos. En esta nueva edición, la obra incluye una página web vinculada con materiales complementarios: casos clínicos, vídeos de procedimientos, preguntas/respuestas... anexos, guías de procedimiento y aspectos legales.

Retinopathy of Prematurity, An Issue of Clinics in Perinatology

1st Edition
Volume 40-2
June 7, 2013
Graham Quinn + 1 more
English

The Guest Editors have invited top experts in their fields to write current state-of-the-art clinical reviews on retinopathy of prematurity. Articles are devoted to incidence, the biology of ROP, How Knowledge of the Pathogenesis Continues to Guide Treatment, The Challenge of Screening Using Tele-Ophthalmology, Algorithms for Detection of ROP Based on Weight Gain, Current and Future Treatment of ROP, Setting Up an ROP Program - Interaction of Neonatology, Nursing and Ophthalmology, ROP and the Oxygen Conundrum: Lessons from Recent Randomized Trials, OCT in ROP—Looking Beyond the Vessels, Outcome of ROP. A special article is devoted to outcomes from the 3rd World ROP Congress (Oct 14-16, 2012).

Critical Care of the Pediatric Patient, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 60-2
May 3, 2013
Derek S. Wheeler
English

Dr. Wheeler is providing a much needed update on the topic of critical care medicine for the pediatrician. He organized the issue to give a full overview on those topics that most pertinent to practicing clinicians. His authors are top experts in their fields, and they are writing clinical reviews devoted to The Evolving Model of Pediatric Critical Care, The High Reliability Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Telemedicine and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Resuscitation and Stabilization of the Critically Ill Child, Monitoring and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure, Monitoring and Management of Shock, Cardiac Intensive Care, Monitoring and Management of Acute Kidney Injury, Critical Care of the Bone Marrow Transplant Patient, Neurocritical Care, Ethics and End-of-Life Care, Delirium in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and Family-centered Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Pediatric Demyelinating Disease and its Mimics, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 23-2
April 25, 2013
Manohar Shroff
English

This issue reviews the state of the art in pediatric demyelinating diseases. Articles cover topics on childhood transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, multiple sclerosis, acute demyelinating encephalopathy, and more.

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