Main description:

In this book we discuss how children grow, how to measure this and how to decide whether development falls within normal parameters. It is important not to over-investigate, but, if necessary, which tests and imaging should we choose? We consider how best to look after our patients in hospital, out-patients departments and at home. This leads us to consider problems with the norm, including the more generalised bone and cartilage disorders, most now genetically determined. The section concludes with chapters on infection, arthritis and that most emotive of topics, the tumours of childhood.

Contents:

1. General Principles 2. Growth and Its Variants 3. Children and Young People with Disability: Management and Support 4. Anesthesia and Analgesia in Children 5. Paediatric Imaging 6. Bone, Cartilage, and Fibrous Tissue Disorders 7. Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders of the Skeleton 8. Blood Disorders and AIDS 9. Infections of Bones and Joints 10. Skeletal Tuberculosis 11. Children's Orthopaedics in the Tropics 12. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 13. Classification, Symptoms, and Medical Treatment 14. Surgery for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis 15. Bone Tumors