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A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health - A Guide for the Primary Care Provider (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018) Loot Price: R2,790
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A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health - A Guide for the Primary Care Provider (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018): Sarah Pitts,...

A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health - A Guide for the Primary Care Provider (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)

Sarah Pitts, Catherine M. Gordon

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This comprehensive book thoroughly covers bone health in the adolescent, offering evidence-based guidance for clinical care in the primary care setting, and includes aspects of endocrinology, nutrition, radiology, sports medicine, and rehabilitation. A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health begins with an in-depth review of normal bone physiology, and explains how to optimize bone mass accrual in the healthy adolescent. The following chapters detail the importance of nutrition and physical activity to the skeletal system, while later chapters provide a bone-centric review of clinical history taking, the physical examination, laboratory assessment, and imaging to evaluate bone health. Final chapters delve into providing comprehensive care for specific conditions commonly found in the adolescent, including adolescents with multiple fractures, eating disorders, athletic involvement, chronic illness, various ambulatory limitations, and bone fragility. Clinical vignettes are woven into chapters throughout the book, providing real-world application and highlighting key concepts for practitioners. A Practical Approach to Adolescent Bone Health is a unique resource,and ideal for the primary care clinician, including pediatricians, adolescent medicine specialists, and family medicine physicians, as well as endocrinologists, orthopedic surgeons, and any other practitioner working to guide adolescents towards optimal bone health.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: February 2018
First published: 2018
Editors: Sarah Pitts • Catherine M. Gordon
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 273
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-72879-7
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General practice
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents
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LSN: 3-319-72879-2
Barcode: 9783319728797

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