Overview
- Contains cases to aid understanding, as well as helpful pearls and pitfalls along with a chapter summary for quick glance for each condition
- Written by experts in the field of pediatric and adolescent sports medicine
- Provides injury prevention strategies for medical providers and helpful handouts and links for care provision and more in-depth study
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book is designed as a practical and quick reference guide on the evaluation and management of common pediatric knee injuries for those who provide clinical care to children and adolescents, including pediatricians, family practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, and trainees in these fields. It focuses on the important findings on evaluation and considerations for management of common knee injuries and is arranged in three general sections, as follows: general evaluation of the pediatric knee, specific injuries in the pediatric knee and injury prevention.
Concise and practical, this book adds and improves on current academic offerings in the field, while providing an easy-to-read reference for both common and concerning pediatric knee issues. It contains cases to aid understanding, as well as helpful pearls and pitfalls along with a chapter summary for each condition. All chapters are structured in a similar way to ensure that this remains a well-organized quick resource for the clinician in a hurry. This book appeals to the pediatrician, and the sports medicine specialist alike, interesting all clinicians that work with the pediatric athlete and with pediatric knee injuries.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Nailah Coleman, MD, FAAP, FACSM
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesWashington, DC, USA
Pediatrics and Sports Medicine
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Common Pediatric Knee Injuries
Book Subtitle: Best Practices in Evaluation and Management
Editors: Nailah Coleman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55870-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55869-7Published: 03 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55872-7Published: 04 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55870-3Published: 02 February 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 301
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, Pediatric Surgery