Description
The revised and the expanded second edition of this concise and targeted handbook presents the "need-to-know" musculoskeletal conditions and injuries required for all health care providers dealing with pediatric patients, including primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, radiologists, residents, students, nurses, and therapists, to brush up on pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine topics with ease. The most up-to-date information is contained within themed chapters--sports injuries and pediatric trauma, for example--as well as by anatomical region--the hip, knee, foot, spine, etc.--including chapters new to this edition covering pediatric musculoskeletal image interpretation and general aspects of sports medicine.
This book addresses high-yield points needed for both general day-to-day pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine practice as well as information needed for the musculoskeletal section of the General Pediatrics Certifying Examination and other board exams for other specialties, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists.
Well-illustrated and utilizing an easy-to-follow, bullet-pointed format, Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine gives the reader the basic knowledge to be able to identify and understand the management of common pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine conditions, and indications to either treat these conditions or refer the patient to an orthopedist.
Author: Amr Abdelgawad
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11/25/2020
Pages: 465
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.70w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9783030481377
ISBN10: 3030481379
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Orthopedics
- Medical | Pediatrics
- Medical | Family & General Practice
This book addresses high-yield points needed for both general day-to-day pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine practice as well as information needed for the musculoskeletal section of the General Pediatrics Certifying Examination and other board exams for other specialties, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists.
Well-illustrated and utilizing an easy-to-follow, bullet-pointed format, Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine gives the reader the basic knowledge to be able to identify and understand the management of common pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine conditions, and indications to either treat these conditions or refer the patient to an orthopedist.
Author: Amr Abdelgawad
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11/25/2020
Pages: 465
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.70w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9783030481377
ISBN10: 3030481379
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Orthopedics
- Medical | Pediatrics
- Medical | Family & General Practice
About the Author
Amr Abdelgawad, MD, Maimonides Bone and Joint Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Osama Naga, MD, Children's Pediatric Practice, El Paso, TX, USA
Marwa Abdou, MD, Attending pediatrician, Brooklyn, NY, USA