E-grāmata: Handbook of Pediatric Surgical Patient Care [World Scientific e-book]

Pediatric surgeons and surgeons in other specialties who specialize in children discuss physiological considerations of newborns and children; trauma; tumors in the abdominal mass; transplantation; the head and neck; thorax; abdomen; liver, bile tree, and pancreas; urological considerations; vascular malformations; and special considerations. Among specific topics are central nervous system trauma, pediatric liver transplantation, chest wall anomalies, distal bowel obstruction, and disorders of sexual development. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Handbook of Pediatric Surgical Patient Care focuses on the decision-making process in the overall management of the pediatric surgical patient and provides guidelines for diagnosis. The book covers topics ranging from a wide spectrum of neonatal conditions and surgical critical care to other childhood afflictions, pediatric cancer and the injured child. It also focuses on the current management of common childhood conditions including appendicitis, pyloric stenosis and hernias. Algorithms are employed in an effort to streamline surgical care. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a brief, easily accessible, rapid source of contemporary information to students, residents and practitioners caring for infants and children with surgical disorders.