Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine: A Handbook for Primary Care Physicians, 2nd Edition

byAmr Abdelgawad(Editor), Osama Naga(Editor), Marwa Abdou(Editor)&0more 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. Product Details Item Weight:1.97 pounds Paperback:477 pages ISBN-10:3030481379 ISBN-13:978-3030481377 ISBN-13:9783030481377 eText ISBN: 9783030481384 Publisher:Springer; 2nd ed. 2021 edition (November 25, 2020) Language::English