Basics in adolescent medicine : a practical manual of signs, symptoms, and solutions /

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 con...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Silber, Tomas J. (Editor ), Saxena, Harshita J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2013.
Temas:
Adolescent medicine.
Symptoms.
Adolescent Medicine > methods
Adolescent Medicine
Signs and Symptoms
Médecine de l'adolescence.
Signes et symptômes.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. The annual physical / Krishna White and Rita Hagler
  • ch. 2. Adolescent consent and confidentiality / Kirsten B. Hawkins
  • ch. 3. Normal nutrition through adolescence / Erin Wolf-Barnett
  • ch. 4. Immunizations in adolescents / Lawrence J. D'Angelo
  • ch. 5. Taking care of adolescent males / Daniel E. Korin
  • ch. 6. Taking care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) teens / William M. Barnes and David S. Reitman
  • ch. 7. The pre-participation sports physical / Nailah Coleman
  • ch. 8. Sports supplements / Gregg Joseph Montalto
  • ch. 9. Adolescent driving / Tiffany L. Meyer
  • ch. 10. The transition to college / Isabel Goldenberg and Harshita J. Saxena
  • ch. 11. The adolescent traveler and immigrant / Natwarlal Shah
  • ch. 12. Short stature/delayed onset of puberty / Karen Bernstein
  • Chapter 13: Tall stature / Karen Bernstein
  • ch. 14. Abnormal weight gain / Harshita J. Saxena
  • ch. 15. Abnormal weight loss/malnutrition / Tomas J. Silber
  • ch. 16. Bulimia / Rosina Pellerano
  • ch. 17. Anemia / Carleen Townsend-Akpan
  • ch. 18. Headaches: Common, chronic and recurrent / Stephanie Addison
  • ch. 19. Bell's palsy (7th nerve or facial nerve palsy) / Jonathan Fanburg
  • ch. 20. Asthma, exercise induced bronchospasm (EIB) and vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) / Anthony P. Acquavella
  • ch. 21. Gynecomastia / Amy L. Weiss
  • ch. 22. Recurrent or chronic abdominal pain / Oscar Taube
  • ch. 23. Constipation and encopresis / Promise Ahlstrom
  • ch. 24. Enuresis / Promise Ahlstrom
  • ch. 25. Dysuria, urinary tract infections and pyelonephritis / Amy E. Klamberg
  • ch. 26. Proteinuria / Lawrence J. D'Angelo
  • ch. 27. Hematuria / Lawrence J. D'Angelo
  • ch. 28. Low back pain / Alan Morrison
  • ch. 29. Sports medicine: Musculoskeletal injuries / Nailah Coleman
  • ch. 30. Acne / Karen Rosewater and Harshita J. Saxena
  • ch. 31. Vague somatic complaints / Tomas J. Silber
  • ch. 32. Sleep disorders / Jose J. Casas-Rivero
  • ch. 33. Tics and Tourette syndrome / Jonathan Fanburg
  • ch. 34. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) / Barbara K. Snyder
  • ch. 35. Anxiety disorders / Michele D. Wilson
  • ch. 36. Depression / Michele D. Wilson
  • ch. 37. Breast pathology: Masses and nipple discharge / Amy L. Weiss
  • 38. Dysmenorrhea, PMS and PMDD / Nneka A. Holder
  • ch. 39. Amenorrhea / Maria Trent
  • ch. 40. Vaginal bleeding / Maria Trent
  • ch. 41. Vaginal discharge / Karen E. Simpson
  • ch. 42. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)/tuboovarian abscess (TOA) / Avril Melissa Houston
  • ch. 43. Urethritis in males / Karen E. Simpson
  • ch. 44. Genital warts: Condyloma accuminata / Liana R. Clark
  • ch. 45. Genital ulcer syndrome (GUS) / Avril Melissa Houston
  • ch. 46. Condoms / Mariana Kastrinakis
  • ch. 47. Hormonal contraception / Evelyn Simpkins Evans
  • ch. 48. Emergency contraception (EC) / Jennifer Maehr
  • ch. 49. Teen pregnancy and options counseling / Karen Soren
  • ch. 50. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke / Noel V. Pesce
  • ch. 51. Syncope / Rick Place
  • ch. 52. Concussion and post concussion syndrome / Michael A. Lee
  • ch. 53. Acute chest pain / Dana Kornfeld and Rick Place
  • ch. 54. Acute abdominal pain / Rick Place
  • ch. 55. Hematemesis / Leslie A. Hayes
  • ch. 56. Bloody stools: Melena and hematochezia / Leslie A. Hayes
  • ch. 57. Scrotal pathology: Pain and masses / David S. Reitman
  • ch. 58. Hip pain and limping / Elizabeth G. Cius
  • ch. 59. Neurological emergencies: Severe headaches, weakness, incoordination and altered mental status / Rick Place
  • ch. 60. Seizures / Robyn Miller
  • ch. 61. Adolescent sexual assault/rape / Kathy Woodward
  • ch. 62. The suicidal adolescent / Maureen E. Lyon
  • ch. 63. Chronic illness and adherence to treatment / Daniel N. Davidow
  • ch. 64. Difficult conversations: Bad news, disclosure and advance directives / Donna Marschall
  • ch. 65. Screening for violence and abuse / Anisha Abraham
  • ch. 66. Cyberbullying and sexting / Sadhana Dharmapuri
  • ch. 67. Tobacco use and cessation counseling / Brooke Bokor
  • ch. 68. Substance use and abuse / David S. Reitman and Gregg Joseph Montalto
  • ch. 69. Judicious use of psychopharmacologic agents / Daniel N. Davidow.

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