- 88 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Hone your clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills with a new series of case-based topic-specific studies. This compilation of 20 hematology/oncology cases from Pediatrics in Review was curated to help clinicians keep an open mind when seeing patients and maintain a broad index of suspicion for hematologic and oncologic disorders. Featured cases cover some aspects of the 2024 Content Outline of the American Board of Pediatrics content areas of bleeding disorders with both congenital and acquired disorders represented; disorders of white blood cells both quantitative and qualitative; hemoglobinopathies, focusing on more unusual presentations of complications; anemia, both productive and destructive processes; and finally oncologic disorders, including unusual presentation of childhood leukemia and solid tumors. This set of cases is a useful adjunct for those participating in Maintenance of Certification or preparing for initial certification. 
 
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Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Collection Introduction
- Persistent Bleeding in a 7-week-old Girl
- Acute Right Arm Swelling in a 6-month-old Girl
- Thrombocytopenia in a 7-day-old Male
- Refusal to Bear Weight in a Previously Healthy 8-year-old Girl
- Neutropenia, Recurrent Infections, and Warts in a 6-year-old Boy
- Acute-Onset Digital Ischemia in a Previously Healthy 7-year-old Boy
- Treatment-Resistant Bacterial Lymphadenitis in an Otherwise Healthy Girl
- Persistent Hypoxemia in an Asymptomatic 4-year-old Boy
- Multifocal Bone Pain, Fevers, and an Enhancing Clavicular Lesion in an 11-year-old Liberian Boy
- Forehead Swelling and Fever in a 12-year-old Ugandan Boy
- Acute Weakness in a Toddler with Sickle Cell Disease
- New-Onset Jaundice in an 11-month-old Boy
- Headache, Vomiting, and Syncope in a 17-year-old Girl
- Microcytic Anemia
- Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia in an 11-year-old Girl
- An 18-month-old Girl with a Fleshy Mass in the Ear Canal
- Isolated Swelling of the Uvula in a 2-year-old Girl
- Leg Pain, Refusal to Walk, and Tibial Bone Erosion on Radiographs in a 7-year-old Boy
- Undifferentiated Shock in a 2-month-old Girl
- Migratory Arthralgia in a 3-year-old Girl