Pediatric Orthopaedics and Sport Injuries: A Quick Reference Guide

By John F. Sarwark and Cynthia R. LaBella

All-new guide on the diagnosis and treatment and referral of orthopaedic problems and sports injuries. The new Pediatric Orthopaedics and Sports Injuries: A Quick Reference Guide efficiently delivers the essential guidance and how-to-do-it recommendations you need. Turn here for concise summaries of disorders and injuries. Proven evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation approaches. Practice-tested tips, and invaluable clinical pearls. Efficiently respond to diverse clinical challenges: Common sports injuries, Trauma, Limb disorders, Spine disorders, Hip and pelvis disorders, Infections, Tumors, Skeletal dysplasias. Plus, you'll find step-by-step help with musculoskeletal examination and evaluation; casting and splinting; imaging techniques, and rehabilitation strategies. The book features many 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. Streamline orthopedic problem-solving: Etiology/epidemiology, Signs and symptoms, Differential diagnosis, How to make the diagnosis, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Expected outcomes/prognosis, Coding for proper payment, and when to refer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581102844
• ISBN13: 9781581102840
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"
• Age Range: All ages