Recent Advances in Pediatrics - Hot Topics

Edited by 50 highly experienced, experts in the field, Volume 28 of Recent Advances in Pediatrics – Hot Topics features 40 peer-reviewed, evidence-based chapters examining the breadth and depth of knowledge in contemporary paediatrics.   Covering a wide range of subjects, the text begins with artificial intelligence, smartphones, and the emerging threat of Mpox, as well as ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19. Paediatric neurology is addressed with a focus on epilepsy, movement disorders, and autism, while key cardiovascular issues such as congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, and anticoagulation in venous thromboembolism are also discussed. This new volume highlights pulmonology topics including acute respiratory distress syndrome and bronchiolitis obliterans, and renal issues such as urinary tract infections, kidney injury, and chronic kidney disease. Other topics include gene therapy for sickle cell disease, haemophilia, ambiguous genitalia, septic shock, autoimmune encephalitis, eating disorders, and more. The comprehensive text is enhanced by numerous clinical photographs, diagrams, flowcharts and tables. Thorough referencing encourages further reading.