Full Description
Hands-on guidance for managing pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart diseaseFULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONSA Doody's Core Title for 2021!Part of the Pediatric Practice series, Pediatric Practice: Cardiology is filled with practical, clinically relevant guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions in children. The care of the patient forms the core of this text, which provides perspectives on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis that every pediatrician, cardiologist, family physician, and pediatric nurse needs to know.Pediatric Practice: Cardiology includes concise yet detailed overviews of pediatric cardiac conditions, along with proven diagnostic and management strategies you can incorporate into your practice immediately. It familiarizes primary care providers with the tools used in the care of pediatric cardiology patients and explains the different types of congenital heart defects. Additional coverage includes the risk factors for acquired adult heart disease and the different forms of inflammatory heart disease.Features of the Pediatric Practice SeriesThe Pediatric Practice series simplifies the care of pediatric patients by delivering:Tips that tell you what you must know-and what you must do-at every stage of careDiagnostic and treatment algorithms Signs/Symptoms and Differential Diagnosis boxes"When to Refer" boxes, which examine all the relevant clinical considerations Diagnostic Tests-with a realistic emphasis on the right tests to orderMedical Treatment coverage that includes drugs, dosages, and administration in an easy-to-read tabular format Convenient icons and a consistent chapter design Numerous clinical color photos and didactic diagrams
Contents
1. Normal Cardiac Physiology and the Cardiac Exam2. Cardiac Testing3. Fetal Cardiology4. The Genetics of Abnormal Cardiac Development5. Evaluation and Therapy: Neonatal Critical Heart Disease6. Care of the Postprocedural Patient7. Acyanotic Shunt Lesions8. Acyanotic Heart Disease: Valves,Outflow Tracts, and Vasculature9. Conotruncal Abnormalities10. Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease11. Neurodevelopment in Children with Complex Congenital Heart Disease12. Cardiac Arrhythmias13. Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, and Pulmonary Hypertension14. Acquired Heart Disease15. Preventive Cardiology16. Pediatric Issues for the Patients with Congenital Heart Disease17. Survival to AdulthoodNER(01): WOW
