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More About This Textbook
Overview
This new edition of Handbook of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology: Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland features practical guidance on how to handle common inpatient and outpatient challenges seen in pediatric hematology and oncology. Designed as a rapid reference to the latest diagnostic and therapeutic protocols, the text is short and didactic and supplemented with practical algorithms and case studies throughout. Completely revised and updated, there are brand-new chapters on subjects including bone marrow transplantation, pain management and palliative care. Comprehensive, yet concise, the handbook presents essential guidelines on the diagnosis and management of the most common pediatric blood disorders and malignancies, in addition to chemotherapeutic drug information and transfusion protocols.
Designed for medical students, residents, and fellows, this user-friendly portable reference is also the perfect companion on the ward for pediatric hematology and oncology nurses.
Editorial Reviews
From The Critics
Reviewer: Rajasekharan Warrier, MD(Ochsner for Children)Description: This is an accurate, succinct, yet comprehensive review of the common issues that residents, students, or fellows come across during their pediatric hematology rotation. It covers every aspect of care, ranging from how to evaluate a child with anemia to supportive care of a child undergoing bone marrow transplantation. This is a welcome update of the outdated first edition published in 2002.
Purpose: It is intended to serve as a practical guide and a training tool for students, residents, and fellows as well as primary care personnel taking care of pediatric hematology/oncology patients. The first edition was very popular with fellows at our institution and could always be found in their coat pockets.
Audience: Although designed for students, interns, and residents rotating through a pediatric hematology/oncology service (in addition to fellows in this field), primary care health professionals also may find it practical and useful.
Features: The book offers guidelines to help diagnose and manage pediatric patients with cancer or blood disorders. Clear and concise tables and algorithms help with the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of specific conditions. This is a wonderful tool for resident primary care practitioners and fellows to have ready in their armamentarium when on-call or on service. The text is clear, accurate, practical, clinically relevant, and up to date, and it is presented in a highly readable and simple fashion.
Assessment: There are few handbooks specifically designed to offer help to clinicians/residents managing pediatric hematology/oncology patients on a daily basis. This one is uniquely suited to be a resource for students, residents, fellows, and all personnel taking care of children in a hematology/oncology clinic. It covers what has to be done in a clear, concise fashion and packs a lot of information into a small book. This is one of the most useful books in this area and I have routinely recommended it for all fellows and residents in our university and hospital. My only regret is that the new edition is sized differently and is now difficult to carry in the traditional white coat pocket.
From the Publisher
“This is one of the most useful books in this area and I have routinely recommended it for all fellows and residents in our university and hospital.” (Doody’s, 24 August 2012)
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Meet the Author
Caroline A. Hastings, MD, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA
Anurag K. Agrawal, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA
Joseph C. Torkildson, MD, MBA, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA
Table of Contents
1. Approach to the Anemic Child
2. Hemolytic Anemia
3. Sickle Cell Disease
4. Thalassemia
5. Transfusion Medicine
6. Chelation Therapy
7. Approach to the Bleeding Child
8. Von Willebrand Disease
9. Hemophilia
10. Thrombophilia
11. The Neutropenic Child
12. Thrombocytopenia
13. Evaluation of the Child With a Suspected Malignancy
14. Oncologic Emergencies
15. Acute Leukemias
16. Central Nervous System Tumors
17. Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
18. Wilms Tumor
19. Neuroblastoma
20. Sarcomas of the Soft Tissue and Bone
21. Germ Cell Tumors
22. Rare Tumors of Childhood
23. Histiocytic Disorders
24. Bone Marrow Transplantation
25. Supportive Care of the Child With Cancer
26. Central Venous Catheters
27. Management of Fever in the Child With Cancer
28. Acute Pain Management in the Inpatient Setting
29. Palliative Care
30. Chemotherapy Basics
31. Guide to Procedures
32. Treatment of Chemotherapy Extravasations
Formulary
Index