Handbook of Childrens Orthopaedics

Including summary boxes, diagrams, drawings and photographs to illustrate physical signs of the conditions, this book provides guidance on establishing a differential diagnosis, as well as appropriate investigations and secondary referral. It also includes details of the subsequent hospital management of more significant conditions.

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This concise and very practical textbook is structured for quick reference in a clinical setting. The book has a 'problem orientated' structure according to the various presenting symptoms, and describes the underlying conditions that need to be considered. The current thinking on the pathology of these conditions is described and linked to the physical signs. Guidance will be given on establishing a differential diagnosis, as well as appropriate investigations and secondary referral. Details of the subsequent hospital management of more significant conditions is included, which will be of interest to medical students, doctors in training and other health professionals such as nurses and health visitors. Throughout the text there is widespread use of summary boxes highlighting practical and important aspects of the conditions under discussion, as well as diagrams, drawings and photographs to illustrate physical signs that are generally difficult to see or demonstrate in the clinic.