Pediatric Orthopaedics and Sports Injuries: A Quick Reference Guide - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610025040 ISBN 13: 9781610025041

Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Fully updated, the third edition of this quick reference delivers targeted guidance on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of orthopaedic problems and sports injuries. Its concise, bulleted format allows readers to quickly locate the exact information they need at the point of care.
 
In addition, it covers musculoskeletal examination and evaluation; casting and splinting; imaging techniques, and rehabilitation strategies. The book features many full color illustrations, clinical photographs and radiographic images to demonstrate physical examination techniques and pathologic physical findings, as well as tables and figures to aid in diagnosis.
 
TOPICS INCLUDE

• Common sports injuries
• Fractures
• Trauma
• Limb disorders
• Spine disorders
• Hip and pelvis disorders
• Infections
• Tumors
• Skeletal dysplasias

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John F. Sarwark, MD, FAAP, FAAOS earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School (now Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) and is an alumnus member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University Affiliated Hospitals and completed training as a clinical fellow in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware. He is a recognized leader in the evaluation, management, and research of scoliosis in children and in medical education.

Dr. Sarwark is active in numerous leadership activities and committees at Lurie Children's Hospital and NUFSM, including Research Strategic Planning LC; the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine and its Education and Residency Selection Committee, past Medical Faculty Senate Council Member and National Alumni Board Member. He is past President, Nathan Smith Davis (Alumni) Club of NUFSM. Dr. Sarwark is past Medical Director of the Motion Analysis Center at Children's Memorial Hospital. In 2004, he received the Pathways Awareness Foundation's first Pioneer Award for his work in the early detection of mobility problems in infants. In 2014, Dr. Sarwark received the prestigious Arnold Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); the Foundation Award 'honors a medical school faculty physician who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students to emphasize, reinforce and enhance the importance of humanistic qualities among medical students and faculty.' Dr. Sarwark received the Distinguished Service Award, AAP Section on Orthopaedics, in 2015.

Cynthia LaBella, MD, is the Medical Director of the Institute for Sports Medicine at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children&;s Hospital of Chicago and Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University&;s Feinberg School of Medicine. 
 
After earning her medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York and finishing a residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. LaBella completed a sports medicine fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She is board certified in both Pediatrics and Sports Medicine and joined Lurie Children&;s in 2004 to develop a comprehensive program in pediatric sports medicine, encompassing clinical care, research, and community outreach. 
 

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1610025040
• ISBN 13: 9781610025041
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 782
• Herausgeber: Sarwark John F. M.D., Labella Cynthia R. M.D.
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