E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten
Reihe: Current Clinical Practice
Sawyer Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-59745-211-3
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten
Reihe: Current Clinical Practice
ISBN: 978-1-59745-211-3
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients: Guidelines for Clinical Practice, edited by Drs. Sawyer, Bachrach, and Fung, is a milestone book for all health prof- sionals concerned with bone health in growing patients. The book introduces and emphasizes the importance of attending to issues of bone health and development in childhood and adolescence as a way of maintaining such health and decreasing the epidemic of osteoporosis that we are now seeing in older adults. In doing so, the book offers a much-needed first set of standards of bone densitometry in growing patients. Given the numerous reports of serious interpretation errors in densitometry results in children, the development of this body of work is truly important. It is in this context that Bone Densitometry in Growing Patients: Guidelines for Clinical Practice presents the current evidence, including an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses in the data on assessing bone density in childhood and adolescence. In short, the editors and authors have done an outstanding job of or- nizing not only the key topics in this broad clinical discussion, but also, and most importantly, the evidence within these areas.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Series Editor’s Introduction;6
2;Foreword;7
3;Preface;8
4;Acknowledgments;11
5;Dedication;12
6;Contents;13
7;Contributors;15
8;Acronyms;16
9;Rationale for Bone Densitometry in Childhood and Adolescence;17
10;Tools for Measuring Bone in Children and Adolescents;30
11;Clinical Indications for the Use of DXA in Pediatrics;73
12;Acquisition of DXA in Children and Adolescents;87
13;Analysis;106
14;Evaluation;127
15;Reporting DXA Results;138
16;Children With Special Considerations;148
17;Research Considerations;170
18;Looking to the Future of Pediatric Bone Densitometry;184
19;Appendix A Resources;190
20;Appendix B Equations and Calculations;207
21;Appendix C Pediatric Normative Data;209
22;Appendix D Forms and Handouts;222
23;Index;231
