A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health , 1st ed. 2018 A Guide for the Primary Care Provider
Coordonnateurs : Pitts Sarah, Gordon Catherine M.
This comprehensive book thoroughly covers bone health in the adolescent, offering evidence-based guidance for clinical care in the primary care setting, and includes aspects of endocrinology, nutrition, radiology, sports medicine, and rehabilitation.
A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health begins with an in-depth review of normal bone physiology, and explains how to optimize bone mass accrual in the healthy adolescent. The following chapters detail the importance of nutrition and physical activity to the skeletal system, while later chapters provide a bone-centric review of clinical history taking, the physical examination, laboratory assessment, and imaging to evaluate bone health. Final chapters delve into providing comprehensive care for specific conditions commonly found in the adolescent, including adolescents with multiple fractures, eating disorders, athletic involvement, chronic illness, various ambulatory limitations, and bone fragility. Clinical vignettes are woven into chapters throughout the book, providing real-world application and highlighting key concepts for practitioners.
A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health is a unique resource,and ideal for the primary care clinician, including pediatricians, adolescent medicine specialists, and family medicine physicians, as well as endocrinologists, orthopedic surgeons, and any other practitioner working to guide adolescents towards optimal bone health.
1. Optimizing Bone Mass Accrual in Healthy Adolescents
2. Normal Bone Physiology 101
3. Optimizing Nutrition to Promote Adolescent Bone Health
4. Physical activity to promote bone health in adolescents
5. The Bone Health History and Physical Examination in Adolescents
6. Bone Health Laboratory Assessments
7. Imaging to Evaluate Bone Health
8. Bone Health in Adolescents with Multiple Fractures
9. Bone Health in Adolescents with Eating Disorders
10. Bone Health of Adolescent Athletes
11. Bone Health in Adolescents with Chronic Disease
12. Bone Health in Immobile Adolescents
13. Treatment of Adolescent osteoporosis
14. Conclusion: A Clinical Bone Perspective
Sarah Pitts, MD
Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and of Endocrinology
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
USA
Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MSc
Division of Adolescent and Transition Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH
USA
Practical, evidence-based text regarding adolescent bone health in primary care
Clinical cases provide real-world application and highlight key concepts for practitioners
Written by leaders in the field
Date de parution : 02-2018
Ouvrage de 273 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 94,94 €
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Mots-clés :
Adolescent; Bone density; bone health; Vitamin D; osteoporosis; DXA; fracture
