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Hip screening in the newborn : a practical guide / David Anthony Jones.
LIBRA RD772 .J66 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, David Anthony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hip joint--Dislocation, Congenital--Diagnosis.
- Hip joint.
- Hip joint--Dislocation, Congenital--Treatment.
- Pediatric orthopedics.
- Newborn infants--Diseases--Diagnosis.
- Newborn infants.
- Newborn infants--Diseases--Treatment.
- Hip Dislocation--prevention & control.
- Neonatal Screening.
- Newborn infants--Diseases.
- Hip joint--Dislocation, Congenital.
- Diagnosis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Hip Dislocation--prevention & control.
- Neonatal Screening.
- Physical Description:
- x, 93 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, [1998]
- Contents:
- 1 Screening basics 1
- Secondary screening 7
- Selective screening 7
- Further consideration of the epidemiology of screening 8
- 2 The treatment of 'missed' or 'late' DDH 12
- Adverse postnatal influences 12
- Treatment of the 'missed' case 14
- The principles of treatment 17
- Genetic counselling 20
- 3 The clinical tests - how to do them 24
- The Ortolani test - historical review 25
- The Ortolani test - how to do it 25
- The Barlow test 29
- The practical test (Roser-Le Damaney-Ortolani-Barlow test) 30
- Tests depending on sounds or vibrations 34
- Test of restricted abduction 34
- Inguinal fold asymmetry 35
- The importance of 'secondary' screening 35
- Secondary screening in practice 36
- The personnel requirement - who does it? 38
- 4 Child surveillance and the timing of screening 42
- The timing of the tests - when should it be done? 43
- Child surveillance 43
- 5 History and epidemiology - the results of clinical screening 48
- The early studies 48
- Later studies 49
- Clinical results versus epidemiological results 50
- Why has clinical screening been ineffective? 53
- 6 The use of ultrasound 57
- The static test 57
- The dynamic test 60
- Who and when? 61
- Early results of ultrasound screening 62
- 7 Ethical and legal considerations 66
- Ethical implications 66
- Legal considerations and the concept of blame 68
- The legal status of clinical guidelines 73
- 8 Cost and psychology 77
- Psychological costs of screening 78
- Financial costs of screening 79
- 9 Organisation documentation and computerisation 81
- Documentation 84
- Computerisation of the record 84
- Audit 85.
- Notes:
- "A practical guide for general practitioners, clinical medical officers, paediatric and orthopaedic trainees, health visitors, midwives, and other health professionals concerned with child health."
- Includes bibliographical references (page [89]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0750627646
- OCLC:
- 38603052
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