The gold-standard resource for evaluating
bone health in children and adolescents, this practical and highly anticipated second edition offers a
comprehensive, fully updated resource for addressing bone health in
these populations. Developed
by a renowned international panel of experts in measuring and analyzing bone
density in the pediatric patient and reflecting the 2013 International
Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) Guidelines for Pediatric DXA
assessment, interpretation and reporting, this indispensable reference covers
all the important changes in the field over the last 9 years. Some
highlights of this edition include: an entire chapter on the assessment of
infants and toddlers, a chapter devoted to the assessment of children with
disabling conditions, an in-depth discussion of vertebral fracture and its
etiologies, and a thorough review of the advantages and limitations of
densitometry techniques including DXA, pQCT, HRpQCT, and MRI. New
fracture prediction software, including Trabecular Bone Score and Finite
Element Analysis, is described. In this edition, the limitations of DXA are
addressed as are the most recent strategies for handling them including
proposed DXA adjustments such as height Z-score. Solidifying itself as
the leading text in the field, Bone Densitometry in Pediatrics: Guidelines
for Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition provides all of the
critical basic analysis and evaluation tools, images, and calculations
necessary for clinicians to optimize bone health for all children, especially
those with skeletal fragility.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-30410-6
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 397
- Fecha Publicación: 05/07/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés