The Heart of a Child
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The Heart of a Child

What Families Need to Know about Heart Disorders in Children

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eBook - ePub

The Heart of a Child

What Families Need to Know about Heart Disorders in Children

About this book

From birth to adolescence, from doctor's office to playground.

Written for parents whose child has a heart disorder, this book provides up-to-date and reliable information from medical experts on children's heart problems. The first edition of The Heart of a Child was widely praised for helping families understand and cope with heart disorders, and many support organizations and websites now recommend this book as "must have" for families. Reflecting changes in treatment and new knowledge about genetics, as well as changes in the system for health care delivery, the text and illustrations have been thoroughly updated with the latest developments in understanding and treating heart problems in children.

The second edition includes:

• New and updated information on the genetics of heart defects, including syndromes associated with heart defects

• Descriptions of new approaches to treatment, including surgery and medication

• Advice on how to deal with managed care

• Information about advances in prenatal care

• Updated list of websites, references, and resources for families

• A note to grandparents

Written by experts in pediatric cardiology from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the University of Utah Medical Center, this new edition of The Heart of a Child uses case examples, questions-and-answers, detailed drawings, and careful descriptions to explain the causes of heart disorders, how they are discovered and diagnosed, how they affect children, and how they are treated.

The overriding principle of modern treatment is to restore the child who has a heart problem to the best possible health with the minimum of tests and procedures. The Heart of a Child helps parents understand the challenges, the options, the decisions—and the many reasons for hope.

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Yes, you can access The Heart of a Child by Catherine A. Neill,Edward B. Clark,Carleen Clark in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Diseases & Allergies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2003
eBook ISBN
9780801873676
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Diseases & Allergies

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction: The Heart of a Child
  8. Part I Identifying a Child’s Heart Problem and Its Causes
  9. 1 Recognizing a Heart Problem
  10. 2 The Developing Heart
  11. 3 The Risk Factors for Heart Defects
  12. Part II Heart Problems in Children
  13. 4 Defects in the Developing Heart
  14. 5 Conotruncal Defects
  15. 6 Endocardial Cushion Defects
  16. 7 Other Congenital Heart Defects
  17. 8 Acquired Heart Problems
  18. Part III The Treatment of Heart Defects
  19. 9 Problems That Require No Treatment
  20. 10 Problems that Require Emergency Treatment after Birth
  21. 11 Problems That May Be Treated without Surgery
  22. 12 Problems That May Be Treated Surgically in Infancy or Childhood
  23. 13 Problems That Require Complex Treatment
  24. 14 Complications of Childhood Heart Problems
  25. 15 Children with Multiple Handicaps
  26. 16 When Treatment Fails
  27. Part IV The Child Grows Up
  28. 17 Living with a Heart Problem
  29. 18 Living with a Healthy Heart
  30. Conclusion: The Heart of a Child in the Twenty-first Century
  31. Resources
  32. Glossary
  33. Further Reading
  34. Index