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The third edition of “The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66 & GMFM-88) User's Manual” has retained the information contained in the original 2002 and 2013 publications which included the conceptual background to the development of the GMFM, and the administration and scoring guidelines for people to be able to administer this clinical and research assessment tool appropriately. Information is presented on the development and validation of...
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El libro Atención nutricional integral en pediatría se constituye en un marco de referencia para profesionales de la salud, especialmente nutricionistas, médicos y enfermeros que comienzan a incursionar en la nutrición clínica pediátrica en temas como la epigenética, la atención al prematuro, la lactancia materna, la tamización nutricional, la valoración nutricional, el seguimiento al alta hospitalaria, la educación nutricional, la prescripción...
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Los planteamientos recogidos en el libro parten de la investigación de un grupo interdisciplinario del Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales y Humanas de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana sobre el significado de la transición del formato impreso al digital En particular, se centra en la población estudiantil que ha generado ciertas competencias de manejo de información
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El estado epiléptico es un motivo de consulta frecuente en el servicio de urgencias debido al riesgo de muerte y las graves complicaciones que implica. Aunque existen guías para el manejo de esta entidad, las diferentes causas y condiciones de los pacientes que lo presentan obligan a individualizar el tratamiento para brindar una solución con mayor rapidez y con las mínimas complicaciones y secuelas para el paciente.
Este libro busca facilitar...
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Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.
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El término "epilepsia se deriva de la palabra griega Epilambanein, que significa "ser atacado o tomado por sorpresa". Los primeros reportes acerca de esta enfermedad aparecieron en Mesopotamia hacia el 2000 a. C. En la antigua Grecia se le atribuía un origen divino y se denominaba "enfermedad sacra". Posteriormente, Hipócrates estuvo en desacuerdo con respecto al origen divino de la epilepsia, y fue el primero en hacer una aproximación científica...
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El texto Pediatría hospitalaria contribuye al estudio del mejoramiento de algunas condiciones que gobiernan la realidad de los niños y "niñas de América latina" Los autores pretenden estimular a cada profesional del área de la salud a aumentar sus esfuerzos en la prevención Y restablecimiento efectivo de los derechos vulnerados de los niños.
Esta obra es una valiosa herramienta para que los estudiantes de pregrado, profesionales no especialistas,...
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La medicina es un área del saber que mejora y cambia cada día por diferentes razones: los nuevos descubrimientos en biología molecular y en genética, los grandes avances en informática, tecnología y comunicaciones, el desarrollo de nuevos medicamentos, cada vez más eficaces y con menos efectos colaterales, el hallazgo de nuevas vacunas, la presentación de nuevas guías de práctica clínica basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible, el estudio...
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"Winner of the 1997 Charles A. Corr Award in Literature" Myra Bluebond-Langner is professor emerita at University College London and Board of Governors Professor of Anthropology Emerita at Rutgers University. She is also the author of The Private Worlds of Dying Children (Princeton), winner of the Margaret Mead Award.
A revealing account of how families adapt to living with a chronically ill child
What is it like to live with a child who has a...
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Get the Summary of Sally Ozonoff's A Parents Guide to HighFunctioning Autism Spectrum Disorder in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "A Parent's Guide to High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder" by Sally Ozonoff provides a comprehensive look at the challenges and strengths of individuals with high-functioning ASD. The book traces the evolution of the autism diagnosis, including the integration of Asperger syndrome...
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Este libro revisa con actualidad y precisión los diversos signos, síntomas, reflejos y síndromes neuropediátricos, y examina el entorno histórico de sus descubridores. Está destinado a llenar un vacío en la formación académica y la visión humanística de la medicina. Se trata de un texto valioso para estudiantes, residentes, médicos y todos los profesionales involucrados en el tratamiento y rehabilitación de los pacientes neurológicos....
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Many people sincerely believe that all vaccines are safe, adverse reactions are rare, and no peer-reviewed scientific studies exist showing that vaccines can cause harm. This book - Miller's Review of Critical Vaccine Studies - provides the other side of the story that is not commonly told. It contains summaries of 400 important scientific papers to help parents and researchers enhance their understanding of vaccinations.
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As a mother, a pediatric ER doctor and a concussion specialist, I have seen my share of concussed individuals. Even my own child was diagnosed with 2 concussions, and we were completely in the dark on how to treat him (for the first one!) What motivated me to write this book, was the number of patients who had received misinformation about how to diagnose and treat their concussion, and how appropriate, targeted therapy could dramatically alter and...
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What if we could resolve childhood trauma early, rather than late?
We are understanding more and more about how early traumatic experiences affect long-term mental and physical health:
# Physical impacts are stored in muscles and posture
# Threats of harm are stored as tension
# Overwhelming emotion is held inside
# Negative emotional patterns become habit
# Coping and defense mechanism become inflexible
What if we could resolve childhood trauma...
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This document has been produced to bring together current advice on the evaluation and management of pediatric heart failure. It builds on the previous International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) guidelines published in 2004. The recently published 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure focused on the adult population; this document addresses children while recognizing the influence of adult heart failure practice...
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A true collector's item, Nurturing Yesterday's Child offers an illustrated history of the care of children from early Greek, Roman and Egyptian times to the present – a history that will inform you and touch your heart. There is much to fascinate a parent and particularly those with medical connections and interests. Dr. Theodore Drake (1891-1959), co-inventor of Pablum, collected feeding vessels, rattles and teethers, amulets, furniture, books,...
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Ya conoces el final de esta historia: el final eres tú. Un resultado único e irrepetible entre los millones de variantes posibles, una casualidad extraordinaria. Desde aquella célula inicial formada por los gametos de tus padres, son muchos los acontecimientos biológicos y biográficos que te han convertido en el adulto que eres ahora. Este largo proceso se
conoce como "neurodesarrollo", y en este libro se desgranan sus claves.
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Have you ever
-Wondered how to deal with a family that repeatedly fails to keep clinic appointments?
-Disagreed with colleagues over a proposed course of treatment for a child?
-Considered ways to 'bump' a child on a waiting to speed up their assessment?
These are a few of the scenarios faced by clinicians in neurodisability on a daily basis. Ethics in Child Health explores the ethical dimensions of these issues that have either been ignored...
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