The heart of a child : what families need to know about heart disorders in children /
Annotation Written for parents whose child has a heart disorder, this book provides up-to-date and reliable information from medical experts on children's heart problems. The first edition of The Heart of a Child was widely praised for helping families understand and cope with heart disorders,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
Colección: | Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Contents"; "Preface"; "Introduction The Heart of a Child"; "Part I Identifying a Child's Heart Problem and Its Causes"; "Chapter 1 Recognizing a Heart Problem"; "Chapter 2 The Developing Heart"; "Chapter 3 The Risk Factors for Heart Defects"; "Part II Heart Problems in Children"; "Chapter 4 Defects in the Developing Heart"; "Chapter 5 Conotruncal Defects"; "Chapter 6 Endocardial Cushion Defects"; "Chapter 7 Other Congenital Heart Defects"; "Chapter 8 Acquired Heart Problems"; "Part III The Treatment of Heart Defects."
- "Chapter 9 Problems That Require No Treatment"; "Chapter 10 Problems That Require Emergency Treatment after Birth"; "Chapter 11 Problems That May Be Treated without Surgery"; "Chapter 12 Problems That May Be Treated Surgically in Infancy or Childhood"; "Chapter 13 Problems That Require Complex Treatment"; "Chapter 14 Complications of Childhood Heart Problems"; "Chapter 15 Children with Multiple Handicaps"; "Chapter 16 When Treatment Fails"; "Part IV The Child Grows Up"; "Chapter 17 Living with a Heart Problem"; "Chapter 18 Living with a Healthy Heart."
- "Chapter 19 The Heart of a Child in the Twenty-first Century"; "Resources"; "Glossary"; "Further Reading"; "Index."