Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-93-5090-289-9
Verlag: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 225 mm x 290 mm, Gewicht: 1058 g

This concise guide brings orthopaedic surgeons and paediatricians up to date with the latest developments in the management of bone and joint (osteoarticular) infections in children. Beginning with an introduction to the causes and development of osteoarticular disorders, the following chapters discuss their clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and treatment options, both surgical and conservative.

Each chapter describes a different infection and its management, with a separate chapter examining drug-resistant osteoarticular tuberculosis and co-infection with HIV. The final section discusses advances and research in the condition.

Key points

- Concise guide to the diagnosis and management of bone and joint infections in children

- Each chapter discusses a different infection and covers conservative and surgical treatment

- Final chapter describes new advances and research

- Includes more than 150 full colour images and illustrations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agarwal, Anil

Aggarwal, Aditya N.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Orthopädie- und Unfallchirurgie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections

- Laboratory Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Infections in Children

- Conservative Treatment of Acute Osteoarticular Infections

- Surgical Interventions in Osteoarticular Infection—Indications, Procedures and Postoperative Management

- A Sick Child with Sepsis (Including Osteoarticular Infections): ICU Management

- Septic Arthritis in Children

- Sequelae of Septic Hip and its Reconstruction

- Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis

- Chronic Osteomyelitis

- Atypical Osteomyelitis and Other Musculoskeletal Infections

- Pediatric Hand Infections

- Tuberculosis of Spine in Children

- Tuberculosis of Hip in Children

- Drug-resistant Osteoarticular Tuberculosis and Co-infection with HIV

- Advances and Research in Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections

Über Autor(innen)

Anil Agarwal MS (Ortho)

Specialist and Head, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi, India

Aditya N Aggarwal MS (Ortho) DNB (Ortho)

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India