Paediatric medicine

This is a highly illustrated guide to the diagnosis and management of nail conditions in children.

This is a highly illustrated guide to the diagnosis and management of nail conditions in children.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Pediatric integrative medicine is a rapidly evolving field with great potential to improve the quality of preventive health in children and expand treatment options for children living with chronic disease.

The third edition of a bestseller, this book provides insight from a wide array of international contributors in the field of pediatric nephrology.

In the medical treatment of children and teenagers and the accompaniment of their parents, alternative therapies, homoeopathy, anthroposophic medicine, psychology and psychosomatics play an ever greater role alongside conventional, science-based medicine.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Signal transduction is one of the most exciting research areas in modern biology as it deals with how information flows from the extracellular environment into a living cell to change its metabolism, genotype and phenotype.

The literature on NEC (necrotizing Enterocolitis), especially in the major textbooks, merely recapitulated what had been written in the past; there has been no new guidance.

Hair problems in child patients present a particular problem for clinicians: dermatologists, pediatricians, and family physicians can all worry they may not be up to date with what may be happening in the other specialties potentially involved.

Hair problems in child patients present a particular problem for clinicians: dermatologists, pediatricians, and family physicians can all worry they may not be up to date with what may be happening in the other specialties potentially involved.

Mastering the art and science of paediatric orthopaedics entails the acquisition of theoretical knowledge, the development of surgical dexterity and learning the process of clinical decision-making.

This is a timely and informative updated edition for all health care providers challenged with helping patients manage weight.

Many children with medical conditions fail to improve despite physicians' best efforts.

This unique volume teaches those in the medical fields about the scientific value of neuropsychology in assessing cognition, the 6th vital sign, as part of well integrated collaborative care.

Comprehensive yet practical, this book is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on both major and minor conditions affecting the pediatric cervical spine.

This handbook collates research evidence and presents the most up-to-date findings on child development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This unique title is designed to illustrate and foster how a closer working relationship between pediatricians and subspecialists can make childhood medicine work more seamlessly.

This book is an important new resource for clinicians caring for ventilator dependent children, who often have complex health care needs, are supported by advanced technology and are at  high-risk of serious complications.

With hundreds of question and answer items and bite-sized chunks of information that can be read and processed easily, reviewing for the pediatric board exams - or just brushing up in your spare time - has never been easier.

This book will move the field of pediatric cochlear implantation forward by educating clinicians in the field as to current and emerging best practices and inspiring research in new areas of importance, including the relationship between cognitive processing and pediatric cochlear implant outcomes.

This comprehensive book covers the knowledge needed to diagnosis and treat patients with acute and chronic pain.

This pocket atlas explains how to use pulmonary graphics as a valuable adjunct for patient management.

Disorders of the Neonatal Airway serves as a comprehensive, multidisciplinary resource for all practitioners who care for neonates with airway disorders.

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This is a major revision, updating, and expansion of the leading single-source volume on pediatric sedation outside of the operating room.

Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers.

This is a timely and informative updated edition for all health care providers challenged with helping patients manage weight.

A substantial body of literature exists on functional gastrointestinal disorders in children and on the bio-psycho-social model of clinical practice.

Pediatric tumors comprise a unique set of diseases that may pose diagnostic challenges to pathologists, oncologists, and pediatricians.

Over the past 20 years, diagnostic tests for pediatric pulmonologists have revolutionized care of children afflicted with respiratory disorders.

With hundreds of question and answer items and bite-sized chunks of information that can be read and processed easily, reviewing for the pediatric board exams - or just brushing up in your spare time - has never been easier.

This volume examines the role of oxidative stress in the pathology of numerous pediatric disorders.

Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers.

Our uncertain times are hard enough for adults to navigate.

Often, information in review books can raise as many questions as it answers.

This book provides the reader with a theoretical and practical understanding of two health care delivery models: the patient/child centred care and family-centred care.

Diseases of the Sinuses: A Comprehensive Textbook of Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Edition, offers the definitive source of information about the basic science of the sinuses and the clinical approach to sinusitis.

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Experimental findings have indicated an association between well-child care and cost-efficient health care and increased school readiness.

Melina Roberts, N.

Completely updated and revised!

Many children with medical conditions fail to improve despite physicians' best efforts.

Until the 1990s, it was generally accepted that medicines were first developed for adults and their use in children was investigated later, if at all.

This Second Edition of the book expands on the in-depth treatment of the theory, definition, and evaluation of impairment presented in the original volume.

Bringing together the many considerations and complexities surrounding the management pediatric femur fractures, this up-to-date, comprehensive book discusses all aspects of these common but challenging injuries, where the treatment strategies are rapidly changing and which have the potential for complications and less than ideal outcomes.

This timely volume surveys the broad spectrum of interventions used in health promotion, and shows how they may be tailored to the developmental needs of children and adolescents.

This authoritative reference examines in depth the myriad challenges facing pediatric cancer survivors and proposes a robust framework for structured follow-up of these patients through adulthood.