Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 360 g
Reihe: Secrets
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 360 g
Reihe: Secrets
ISBN: 978-1-56053-444-0
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
Utilizes the proven Secrets Series format to present questions and answers in a convenient, readable, concise manner The text is intended to introduce the reader to the field of pediatric hematology/oncology.Each chapter will emphasize diagnosis, clinical management, therapeutics, and innovative concepts for the future. Highlights of the text include the following chapters: experimental therapeutics, the application of bone marrow and stem cell transplants for pediatric patients, and genetic and molecular diagnostics. There is a section dealing with quality of life and death issues such as supportive care, psychosocial aspects of care of the child with cancer, palliative care, and management of the dying child. Other chapters relate and differentiate disease entities based upon the age of the patient, newborn through adolescent. - Each topic covered will discuss diagnosis, clinical management, therapeutics, and innovative concepts for the future.
- Concise answers that also feature the authors' pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets"
- Bulleted lists and pertinent tables for quick review and reference
- Succinct chapters written by experts in pediatric hematology and oncology
- All the most important "need-to-know" questions and answers in the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series
- Thorough, highly detailed index
Zielgruppe
Pediatricians, family practitioners with an interest in children, pediatric housestaff, nurses and other healthcare providers who care for children
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Weitere Infos & Material
Diagnostic Approach to Anemia in ChildhoodDisorders of Hemoglobin, Normal DevelopmentSickle Cell SyndromesThalassemia SyndromesAnemia Secondary to Enzyme DeficienciesAnemia Secondary to Membrane DisordersAutoimmune Hemolytic AnemiaAnemia Secondary to Nutritional DeficienciesNeonatal Anemia Normal HemostasisNeonatal HemostasisDisorders of CoagulationDisorders of PlateletsDisorders of the Immune SystemDisorders of Granulocyte Function and GranulopoiesisStorage DisordersHematologic Manifestations of Systemic DiseaseBone Marrow Failure SyndromesPrinciples and Practice of Childhood CancerGenetics, Molecular GenetricsPrinciples of ChemotherapyPrinciples of Surgical OncologyPrinciples of Radition Oncology for Pediatric MalignancyAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Myeloproliferative DisordersNon-Hodgkin's LymphomaHodgkin's DiseaseLymphoproliferative DisordersLangerhans Cell HistiocytosisTumors of the Central Nervous System RetinoblastomaHepatic TumorsWilms' Tumor NeuroblastomaSoft Tissue SarcomasBone TumorsGerm Cell TumorsOncologic EmergenciesBone Marrow Transplant/PBSCPrinciples of Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutic Supportive Care Late Effects of Childhood CancerPsycho-social Aspects of Care of the child with CancerPalliative CareManagement of the Dying Child
