Common Pediatric Diseases: Current Challenges provides an update on different diseases and problems that affect child and adolescent health. The book starts with a quick introduction to challenges in the field of pediatrics and child health. This is followed by chapters on the outcomes of sexting, the integrated care of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, the influence of non-genetic transgenerational inheritance on children and adolescents’ development and the approach to pediatric genetic epilepsy.
Additional topics covered in the book include the medical and social outcomes of cardiac diseases along with a review on specific aspects of fetal and neonatal medicine (meconium-stained newborns, transient tachypnea of newborns and fetal tumors). The book also features a chapter on Autism Spectrum Disorder during infancy and its early symptoms. The concluding chapter covers medical futility controversies and end-of-life care.
Audience: Medical students; residents and clinicians in pediatrics.
Additional topics covered in the book include the medical and social outcomes of cardiac diseases along with a review on specific aspects of fetal and neonatal medicine (meconium-stained newborns, transient tachypnea of newborns and fetal tumors). The book also features a chapter on Autism Spectrum Disorder during infancy and its early symptoms. The concluding chapter covers medical futility controversies and end-of-life care.
Audience: Medical students; residents and clinicians in pediatrics.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction of Challenges with Pediatric DiseasesChapter 2 Positive and Negative Outcomes of Sexting
Chapter 3 The Role of Integrated Services in the Care of Children and Young People with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Co-Morbid Mental Health Difficulties: An International Perspective
Chapter 4 Epidemiological Evidence for Influences of Non-Genetic Transgenerational Inheritance on Child and Adolescent Development
Chapter 5 Clinical Approaches to Genetic Epilepsies in Children
Chapter 6 Medical and Social Outcomes in the Management of Cardiac Diseases in Children
Authors/Editors
- Nima Rezaei
- Noosha Samieefar
