Pediatric Orthopedics For Primary Healthcare

This book provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide on how to manage pediatric orthopedic problems safely and confidently. The format allows the reader to identify key points whilst working in their busy clinical practice. Each chapter is co-written by an orthopedic surgeon and general practitioner to ensure the content is relevant to primary care, but also sufficiently detailed to meet the needs of those in specialist training. The book is divided into two parts; general topics including assessment, normal variants, infections and specific disorders; followed by a section based on specific anatomical regions. Pediatric Orthopedics for Primary Healthcare: Evidence-Based Practice will be an essential resource for a wide audience including but not limited to general practitioners and trainees, pediatric orthopedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, orthopedic residents, emergency department doctors, physiotherapists, podiatrists and medical students who are seeking a concise, yet comprehensive evidence-based resource for this important specialty.

​Topics in pediatric orthopedics routinely surface in general pediatrics and primary care, whether on board exams or in clinical practice. From birth injuries to musculoskeletal infections, there are many conditions and presenting complaints that must be addressed by the primary care physician or pediatrician. This concise and targeted handbook contains just the need to know conditions, injuries, and diseases necessary for residents and even seasoned clinicians to brush up on pediatric orthopedic topics with ease. Information is contained within themed chapters (like neuromuscular diseases or musculoskeletal infections) and also by anatomical region (hip, knee foot, spine, etc.). This book gives readers the basic knowledge to be able to identify common orthopedic conditions, indications to either treat these conditions or refer patient to an orthopedist, and covers the entire required curriculum needed to answer musculoskeletal questions on the pediatrics board exam.

A concise account of common pediatric orthopaedic disorders for pediatricians and family physicians.

Geared to the everyday needs of pediatricians, primary care physicians, and orthopedists, Fundamentals of Pediatric Orthopedics, Fourth Edition is a complete and user-friendly guide to diagnosis and management of pediatric orthopedic problems. Treatment plans are reviewed and illustrated and pitfalls, including normal variations, are discussed. Emphasis is on the welfare of the whole child, and parent education information is included. The uniquely graphic presentation in this best-selling book features 1,025 full-color drawings and photographs, which have been improved for this edition. Other Fourth Edition highlights include greater emphasis on primary care, more information on trauma principles, and updated treatment plans and parent education.

The revised and the expanded second edition of this concise and targeted handbook presents the “need-to-know” musculoskeletal conditions and injuries required for all health care providers dealing with pediatric patients, including primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, radiologists, residents, students, nurses, and therapists, to brush up on pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine topics with ease. The most up-to-date information is contained within themed chapters--sports injuries and pediatric trauma, for example--as well as by anatomical region--the hip, knee, foot, spine, etc.--including chapters new to this edition covering pediatric musculoskeletal image interpretation and general aspects of sports medicine. This book addresses high-yield points needed for both general day-to-day pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine practice as well as information needed for the musculoskeletal section of the General Pediatrics Certifying Examination and other board exams for other specialties, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists. Well-illustrated and utilizing an easy-to-follow, bullet-pointed format, Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine gives the reader the basic knowledge to be able to identify and understand the management of common pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine conditions, and indications to either treat these conditions or refer the patient to an orthopedist.

Many residency programs in primary care specialties do not provide the education in pediatric orthopedics necessary to effectively deal with the field's challenges. Here, the authors present a framework for the effective evaluation of childhood musculoskeletal problems in a practical and problem-based manner. The volume contains case studies and over 200 illustrations.

An essential reference for busy primary care physicians and other providers. This updated third edition retains the features that made the first and second editions such a popular text. Specifically designed to consolidate available knowledge into a simplified, concise, and meaningful approach to pediatric orthopedic conditions. Not intended as an encyclopedic compendium of differential diagnoses, but rather as a useful handbook that attempts to crystallize in concise form the characterization of a given condition. Written in an unconventional fashion, with material organized by frequency or rarity by which conditions will be encountered in a practice situation, and by age at which the conditions would most commonly present for medical attention. Richly illustrated throughout with many radiographs and line drawings to supplement the text. Written specifically for residents and practitioners in pediatrics and family practice, this volume will help doctors provide the optimal care for these patients.

A reference-text that provides an introduction to the evaluation and initial management of musculoskeletal disorders in the pediatric age group. The volume is aimed toward helping the primary care physician arrive at the proper diagnosis by combining known anatomic features with physical examination findings and results of appropriate imaging studies. A particular emphasis is placed on sports injuries unique to the growing child. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR