Advances in Pediatrics reviews the year’s most important findings and updates within the field in order to provide pediatricians and primary care providers with the current clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes. A distinguished editorial board, led by Dr. Carol Berkowitz, identifies key areas of major progress and controversy and invites preeminent specialists to contribute original articles devoted to these topics. These insightful overviews in pediatrics inform and enhance clinical practice by bringing concepts to a clinical level and exploring their everyday impact on patient care.
Key Features
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Contains 16 articles on such topics as transgender medicine, effects of COVID on trauma and child abuse, preventing cardiac death in children, Munchhausen syndrome by proxy, appendicitis, and more.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews in pediatrics, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information in the field under the leadership of an experienced editorial team. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
Author Information
Edited by Carol Berkowitz; Jane Carver, PhD, MS, MPH, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular
Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida; Moira Szilagyi; Ronald Hirschl, MD and Surendra Varma, MD, Texas Tech University of Health Sciences
Pediatrics in Disasters: Evolution of a Hybrid Global Health Training Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Violent Injuries in Children: A Literature Review Burns in Children: Accidental or Inflicted? Medical Child Abuse: A Review by Subspecialty Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Myasthenia Gravis in Infants and Children with Presentation of Cases Guillain–Barre Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Appendicitis in Children Surgery for Thyroid Disease in Children Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction in Newborns Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Children and Adolescents Update on Atopic Dermatitis Chest Pain, Palpitations, and Syncope: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Children Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents