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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Secrets

Utilizes the proven Secrets Series format to present questions and answers in a convenient, readable, concise manner The text is intended to introduce the reader to the field of… Leer más

Descripción

Utilizes the proven Secrets Series format to present questions and answers in a convenient, readable, concise manner The text is intended to introduce the reader to the field of pediatric hematology/oncology.Each chapter will emphasize diagnosis, clinical management, therapeutics, and innovative concepts for the future. Highlights of the text include the following chapters: experimental therapeutics, the application of bone marrow and stem cell transplants for pediatric patients, and genetic and molecular diagnostics. There is a section dealing with quality of life and death issues such as supportive care, psychosocial aspects of care of the child with cancer, palliative care, and management of the dying child. Other chapters relate and differentiate disease entities based upon the age of the patient, newborn through adolescent.

Puntos claves

  • Each topic covered will discuss diagnosis, clinical management, therapeutics, and innovative concepts for the future
  • Concise answers that also feature the authors' pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets"
  • Bulleted lists and pertinent tables for quick review and reference
  • Succinct chapters written by experts in pediatric hematology and oncology
  • All the most important "need-to-know" questions and answers in the proven format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series
  • Thorough, highly detailed index

De interès para

Pediatricians, family practitioners with an interest in children, pediatric housestaff, nurses and other healthcare providers who care for children

Índice

Diagnostic Approach to Anemia in Childhood
Disorders of Hemoglobin, Normal Development
Sickle Cell Syndromes
Thalassemia Syndromes
Anemia Secondary to Enzyme Deficiencies
Anemia Secondary to Membrane Disorders
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Anemia Secondary to Nutritional Deficiencies
Neonatal Anemia Normal Hemostasis
Neonatal Hemostasis
Disorders of Coagulation
Disorders of Platelets
Disorders of the Immune System
Disorders of Granulocyte Function and Granulopoiesis
Storage Disorders
Hematologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease
Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Principles and Practice of Childhood Cancer
Genetics, Molecular Genetrics
Principles of ChemotherapyPrinciples of Surgical OncologyPrinciples of Radition Oncology for Pediatric MalignancyAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Myeloproliferative DisordersNon-Hodgkin's LymphomaHodgkin's DiseaseLymphoproliferative Disorders
Langerhans Cell HistiocytosisTumors of the Central Nervous System RetinoblastomaHepatic TumorsWilms' Tumor NeuroblastomaSoft Tissue SarcomasBone TumorsGerm Cell Tumors
Oncologic EmergenciesBone Marrow Transplant/PBSCPrinciples of Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutic Supportive Care Late Effects of Childhood Cancer
Psycho-social Aspects of Care of the child with Cancer
Palliative Care
Management of the Dying Child

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Sobre los autores

MW

Michael A. Weiner

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Hettinger Professor, Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

MC

Mitchell S. Cairo

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Pathology, Pediatric Oncology, Director, Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Herbert Irving Child and Adolescent Oncology Center, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY