Overview

This practical manual reviews salient topics in Adolescent Medicine. The volume is practitioner-centered, focusing on the symptoms that bring a teenager to the clinician. Every chapter begins with a very brief clinical vignette, highlighting the patient's chief complaint or primary issue of concern.The handbook is divided into five primary sections: (1) Well Adolescent Care to include chapters such as the Annual Physical and Immunizations in Adolescence; (2) Common Problems of Adolescence such as Acne and Low Back Pain; (3) Reproductive Health Care issues such as Menstrual Disorders and Teen Pregnancy/Options Counseling; (4) Urgent Care matters including Acute Chest Pain and Scrotal Pathology: Pain and Masses; and finally, (5) Special Considerations to include chapters such as Cyberbullying and Sexting and Tobacco Use and Cessation Counseling.Chapters follow a uniform format with vignette as described above, followed by multiple choice questions designed to test the readers knowledge. Salient features related to the chapter topic follow, including relevant clinical ""pearls"" such as history, physical exam, laboratory and diagnostic studies and treatment strategies. For each chapter, issues that are unique to managing illness in adolescents are highlighted to distinguish them from adults and younger children. When applicable, a broad differential diagnosis is provided to help guide the reader. Easy to read tables are included to highlight and clearly summarize key aspects of the topic and the chapters end with answers to the Board-Style questions presented at the start.

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Author:   Tomas Silber (Children's National Medical Center, Usa) ,  Harshita Saxena (Children's National Medical Center, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9789814329538

ISBN 10:   9814329533
Pages:   816
Publication Date:   20 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Assessment and Screening: The Annual Physical: Taking a History (HEEAADDSSS) and Components of the Exam; Confidentiality and Consent; Nutrition: Assessment and Evaluation; Adolescent Needs, and Special Diets; Laboratory Screening; Immunizations; Tuberculosis Screening; Sports Physical: Assessment and Evaluation, Pre-Participation Guidelines and Sports Supplements; The Traveling Adolescent; Transition to College; Substance Use and Abuse: Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit Substances; Teen Driving; Screening for Violence and Abuse: Bullying, Mental and Physical Abuse, Domestic Violence and Gang Violence; Teens and Technology: Sexting, Cyber-Bullying and Internet Safety; Common Problems of Adolescence: Short Stature/Delayed Onset of Puberty; Tall Stature; Common Skin Pathology: Acne, Eczema, and Fungal Rashes; Hypertension; Headaches; Bell's Palsy; Goiter, Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Disorders; Head and Neck Complaints; Mycoplasma Pneumonia and Respiratory Illnesses; Asthma and Vocal Cord Dysfunction; Chest Pain; Breast Disorders; Abdominal Pain; Testicular Masses - Non-Acute; Hematemesis, Melena and Hematochezia; Constipation, Enuresis and Encopresis; Menstrual Disorders; Sexually Transmitted Infections; UTI, Pyelonephritis, Macrohematuria; Asymptomatic Proteinuria and Hematuria; Common Orthopedic Problems; Back Pain; Obesity and Abnormal Weight Gain; Eating Disorders and Abnormal Weight Loss; Anemia; Syncope and Fatigue; Jaundice; Sleep Disorders; Somatization Disorders and School Phobia; Anxiety and Depression; Tics and Tourette; ADD/ADHD; Adolescent Emergencies: Acute Chest Pain; Acute Abdominal Pain; Acute Pelvic Pain; Testicular Pain; Acute Neurological Issues; Concussion and Post-Concussion; Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke; Seizures; Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis; Sexual Assault; The Suicidal Adolescent; The Acutely Ill Adolescent; Melanoma; Special Considerations: Difficult Conversations; Teen Pregnancy and Options Counseling; Sexual Abuse; Contraception; Condoms; Sexual Minorities; Chronic Illness; Teens with Special Needs; Judicious Use of Psychopharmacology.

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