Park's the Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

6th Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-323-71866-0
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 548 Seiten, Format (B × H): 115 mm x 189 mm, Gewicht: 586 g

Through five successful editions, Park’s The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook has been the go-to portable reference for fundamental and practical information on the diagnosis and management of children with congenital and acquired heart disease. In the fully updated 6th Edition, Dr. Myung K. Park is joined by new co-author Dr. Mehrdad Salamat in providing concise, authoritative guidance for pediatricians, cardiology fellows, family practitioners, medical students, and more. Designed as a companion to Dr. Park's larger text, Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, this pocket-sized resource features useful diagrams, summary tables, helpful images, and clear descriptions of disorders—perfect for healthcare professionals in practice or in training. - Provides extensive updates on congenital heart defects, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, blood pressure, systemic hypertension, dyslipidemia and Kawasaki disease
- Includes new recommendations on lipid screening for children, preventive cardiology including childhood obesity, sport participation using new 14-point evalaution as well as the normative blood pressure standards for auscillometric and oscillometric methods obtained in the San Antonio Children’s Blood Pressure Study
- Offers an expanded section on two-dimensional echocardiography, along with detailed normative values of echocardiography in the appendix
- Covers the newest approaches in the area of cardiac surgery, such as hybrid procedures as well as non-surgical, percutaneous management of certain heart defects
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Autoren/Hrsg.

Park, Myung K.

Salamat, Mehrdad

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frequently Used Abbreviations

Part I: Basic Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients
1. History and Physical Examination
2. Electrocardiography
3. Chest Roentgenography

Part II: Special Tools Used in Cardiac Evaluation
4. Noninvasive Imaging Tools
5. Other Noninvasive Tools
6. Invasive Procedures

Part III: Congenital Heart Defects
7. Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions
8. Obstructive Lesions
9. Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
10. Miscellaneous Congenital Heart Diseases

Part IV: Acquired Heart Diseases
11. Primary Myocardial Diseases (Cardiomyopathy)
12. Cardiovascular Infections and Related Conditions
13. Valvular Heart Disease
14. Cardiac Tumors
15. Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Diseases

Part V: Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances
16. Cardiac Arrhythmias
17. Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances
18. Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Part VI: Special Problems
19. Congestive Heart Failure
20. Child with Chest Pain
21. Syncope
22. Palpitation
23. Systemic Hypertension
24. Pulmonary Hypertension
25. Athletes with Cardiac Problems
26. Dyslipidemias
27. Preventive Cardiology

Part VII: Cardiac Surgical Patients
28. Pre- and Postoperative Management
29. Selected Postoperative Complications

Appendices
A. Miscellaneous
B. Blood Pressure