Update in Pediatrics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Update in Adolescent Medicine

   • Raina V. Voss, Emily Ruedinger

   Pages 1-38

3. Update in Pediatric Allergy

   • Amanda Ciccolini, Shannon French, Mark Tenn, Anne K. Ellis

   Pages 39-59

4. Update in Pediatric Cardiology

   • Jane Lougheed, Jenna Ashkanase

   Pages 61-81

5. Update in Child Maltreatment

   • Michelle G. K. Ward, Amy E. Ornstein, Tanya Deurvorst Smith, Karla Wentzel

   Pages 83-115

6. Update in Pediatric Critical Care

   • Lisa A. DelSignore, Traci A. Wolbrink, Niranjan Kissoon

   Pages 117-131

7. Update in Development: Section A—Infant Development

   • Madhavi Moharir, Chaya Kulkarni

   Pages 133-205

8. Update in Development: Section B—Autism Spectrum Disorder

   • R.G. Smith, D. Samdup

   Pages 207-221

9. Update in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Pediatric Resuscitation, Pediatric Sepsis, Interfacility Transport of the Pediatric Patient, Pain and sedation in the Emergency Department, Pediatric Trauma

   • Tania Principi, Deborah Schonfeld, Laura Weingarten, Suzan Schneeweiss, Daniel Rosenfield, Genevieve Ernst et al.

   Pages 223-249

10. Update in Pediatric Endocrinology

    • Seth D. Marks, Brandy A. Wicklow

    Pages 251-266

11. Update in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

    • A. Jay Freeman, Tatyana Hofmekler, John-Paul Berauer, Sirish Palle

    Pages 267-311

12. Update in Pediatric Hematology

    • Ziad Solh, Anthony K. C. Chan, Mihir D. Bhatt

    Pages 313-330

13. Update in Pediatric Hospital Medicine

    • Elizabeth J. N. Davis, Ricardo Quinonez

    Pages 331-347

14. Update in Pediatric Infectious Disease

    • Archana Chatterjee, Maya Gogoi

    Pages 349-368

15. Update in Clinical Genetics and Metabolics

    • Christine M. Armour, Matthew A. Lines

    Pages 369-390

16. Update in Pediatric Nephrology

    • Darcy Weidemann, Martin Bitzan

    Pages 391-413

17. Update in Neonatology

    • Faiza Khurshid, Imtiaz Ahmad

    Pages 415-437

18. Update in Pediatric Neurology

    • Andrea Andrade, Asuri N. Prasad

    Pages 439-460

19. Update in Pediatric Oncology: Section A-New Developments in the Treatment of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    • Shannon L. Maude, Stephen P. Hunger

    Pages 461-483

20. Update in Pediatric Oncology: Section B—Solid Tumors of Childhood

    • Allison F. O’Neill

    Pages 485-511

This concise and comprehensive volume updates health professionals on recent advances in the field of pediatrics. It includes chapters in every subspecialty of pediatrics, such as critical care, development emergency medicine and genetics. Ranging from traditional disciplines such as infectious disease and cardiology to more current disciplines such as adolescent medicine, metabolics and genetics this is an indispensable guide for the busy clinician who wishes to stay up-to date with latest advances in the field.

Through the use of summaries and bullet points, the book conciselly describes the latest recommendations and guidelines in pediatrics and provides a good overview of the available technology for each subspecialty.

The team of authors is made up of experienced clinicians and researchers in their respective fields. This book appeals to pediatricians, family doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, and health researchers.

• pediatrics
• adolescent medicine
• allergy
• immunology
• child abuse
• hematology
• genetics
• neonatology
• maternal and child health

• Chief/Medical Director of Pediatrics at Quinte Health Care, Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Belleville, Canada

  Shalea Piteau

Shalea Piteau is the Chief/Medical Director of Pediatrics at Quinte Health Care in Belleville Ontario and an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University. She went to Queen’s University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree, and then she did a Masters of Science in Physiology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Shalea went to Medical School at UBC and then she completed a Residency in Pediatrics at Queen’s University. She enjoys going on mission trips in her free time, and has been to multiple continents including Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and to the Native Reserves in northern Canada.

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