Pediatric practice
Subtitle: Cardiology
By: Marie Murphy Gleason, Robert Shaddy, Jack Rychik
Contributors: Shaddy, Robert E.; Rychik, Jack, 1959-
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780071763202
Subjects: Infant; Child; Cardiovascular Diseases; Adolescent; Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques
Other titles: Cardiology
Description: Pediatric Practice : Cardiology is filled with practical, clinically relevant guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac conditions in children. The care of the patient forms the core of this text, which provides perspectives on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis that every pediatrician, cardiologist, family physician, and pediatric nurse needs to know. Pediatric Practice : Cardiology includes concise yet detailed overviews of pediatric cardiac conditions, along with proven diagnostic and management strategies you can incorporate into your practice immediately. It familiarizes primary care providers with the tools used in the care of pediatric cardiology patients and explains the different types of congenital heart defects. Additional coverage includes the risk factors for acquired adult heart disease and the different forms of inflammatory heart disease --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Normal cardiac physiology and the cardiac exam; title: Cardiac testing; title: Fetal cardiology; title: Genetics of abnormal cardiac development; title: Evaluation and therapy of neonatal critical heart disease; title: Care of the post-procedural patient; title: Acyanotic heart disease: common shunt lesions; title: Acyanotic heart disease: valves and outflow tracts; title: Conotruncal abnormalities; title: Single ventricle physiology; title: Neurocardiac development after treatment of CHD; title: Cardiac arrhythmias; title: Cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension; title: Acquired heart disease; title: Preventive cardiology; title: Pediatric issues for the patients with CHD; title: Survival to adulthood.