Rang's Children's Fractures.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenger, Dennis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fractures, Bone--Electronic Books.

Child--Electronic Books.

Medical Subjects:

Fractures, Bone--Electronic Books.

Child--Electronic Books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 354 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2017.

Summary:

With an image-focused, non-traditional layout that differs from most medical textbooks, the fourth edition of Rang's Children's Fractures-a classic textbook on children's fractures for over 40 years-expands to four editors, all faculty members of Rady Children's Hospital at the University of California, San Diego. This edition maintains the book's practical, playful style and emphasizes diagnosis, treatment, common pitfalls, and communication with parents and other healthcare professionals.

Contents:

Children are not just small adults

The physis and skeletal injury

Orthopedic literacy : fracture description and resource utilization

Emergency fracture reduction

Casts for children's fractures

Clavicle

Shoulder and humeral shaft

Elbow : distal humerus

Elbow : proximal radius and ulna

Radius and ulna

Hand and wrist

Pelvis and hip

Femoral shaft

Knee

Tibia and fibula

Ankle

Foot

Spine

Fractures in special circumstances

Accident prevention, risk, and the evolving epidemiology of fractures.

Notes:

Preceded by: Rang's children's fractures / Mercer Rang, Maya E. Pring, Dennis R. Wenger.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4963-6816-9