Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice
Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice
Editor Emeritus
A Parthasarathy
MD DCH DSc (Hon) FIAP
Senior Consultant Pediatrician AP Child Care, Chennai Former Distinguished Professor Department of Pediatrics The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University Retired Senior Clinical Professor Department of Pediatrics Madras Medical College Deputy Superintendent Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Editor-in-Chief
Alok Gupta
MD (Ped) FIAP
Senior Consultant and Counselor Pediatric Specialties Clinic Mansarovar Polyclinic Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Forewords
Piyush Gupta
Bakul Jayant Parekh
Uday Bodhankar
Pramod Jog
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Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice
First Edition: 2021
9789390595150
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The Frontline Warriors who sacrificed their lives and the lives of their nears and dears in the current SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic, Pediatricians and Adolescent Physicians of India, whose enthusiasm and zeal to update their knowledge through Continuing Medical Education (CME) while battling the Deadly Virus has encouraged us to publish new updated title as every year in the Partha's Series of Books in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice
Chief Academic Editors
- Anupama S Borker
- Head
- Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology Goa Medical College and Hospital Bambolim, Goa, India
- Dhanya Dharmapalan
- Consultant in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Apollo Hospitals
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- K Nedunchelian
- Senior Consultant Pediatrician
- Head—Research and Academics
- Mehta Multispecialty Hospitals India Pvt Ltd
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- P Ramachandran
- Associate Dean (PG Studies) and Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Remesh Kumar R
- Senior Consultant and Head
- Apollo Adlux Hospital
- Cochin, Kerala, India
Academic Editors
- Geetha S
- Additional Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sat Hospital—Government Medical College
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Krishna Mohan R
- Consultant Pediatrician
- Kerala Government Health Services Department
- Kozhikode, Kerala, India
- Piyali Bhattacharya
- Consultant Pediatrician
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate
- Institute of Medical Sciences
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Rupesh Masand
- Senior Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- National Institute of Medical
- Sciences and Research
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Shailaja Mane
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Dr DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center
- DY Patil Vidhyapeeth University
- Coordinator
- Association of Adolescent and Child Care in India (AACCI)
- Consultant Pediatrician and Adolescent Physician
- Siddhi Children's and Teen's Clinic, Shahunagar
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- A Parthasarathy
- Senior Consultant Pediatrician
- AP Child Care, Chennai
- Former Distinguished Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- The Tamil Nadu
- Dr MGR Medical University
- Retired Senior Clinical Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Madras Medical College
- Deputy Superintendent
- Institute of Child Health and
- Hospital for Children
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Abhilasha Sampagar
- Consultant Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- JNMC Belagavi, KLE Hospital
- Belagavi, Karnataka, India
- Alok Gupta
- Senior Consultant and Counselor
- Pediatric Specialties Clinic
- Mansarovar Polyclinic
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Anupama S Borker
- Head
- Department of Medical and
- Pediatric Oncology
- Goa Medical College and Hospital
- Bambolim, Goa, India
- Asha Pillai
- Medical Officer
- Kashyap Nursing Home/Clinic
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Ashok Rai
- Fellowship in Clinical Genetics
- Fellowship in Allergy and
- Clinical Immunology
- Senior Consultant Pediatrician and Development Neurologist
- Director, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children
- Honorary IMA Professor and Faculty
- Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Bharat Agarwal
- Former Head
- Department of Pediatric
- Hematology and Oncology
- BJ Wadia Hospital for Children
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Chhaya Sambharya Prasad
- Director
- Asha-Centre for Autism and
- Intellectual Developmental Disorders
- Chandigarh, India
- Deepa Bhaskaran
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Developmental Pediatrics
- Child Development Center
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Dhanya Dharmapalan
- Consultant in Pediatrics and
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Apollo Hospitals
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Elizabeth KE
- Professor and Head
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sree Mookambika Institute of
- Medical Sciences
- Kanyakumari, Kerala, India
- Geetha S
- Additional Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sat Hospital
- Government Medical College
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Gowrishankar NC
- Head
- Department of Pediatrics
- Clinical Operation and Quality
- Mehta Multispecialty Hospitals
- India Pvt Ltd
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- H Paramesh
- Professor
- Chairman Lakeside Center for
- Health Promotion/Lakeside
- Education Trust
- Visiting Professor
- Divecha Center for Climate Change
- Indian Institute of Science
- Member WHO-NGO Climate—
- Health Working Group, Geneva
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Hemchand Krishna Prasad
- Consultant
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology
- Mehta Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Hennaav Kaur Dhillon
- Clinical Fellow
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- Sankara Nethralaya
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- J Dhivyalakshmi
- Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist
- Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
- Rainbow Children's Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Jai Krishan Mittal
- Director
- Department of Neonatology
- Neoclinic Children Hospital
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Jayakar Thomas
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Jyoti Patodia
- Consultant Neonatology
- Department of Neonatology
- Neoclinic Children Hospital
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- K Nedunchelian
- Senior Consultant Pediatrician
- Head
- Research and Academics
- Mehta Multispecialty Hospitals
- India Pvt Ltd
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Ketan Parikh
- Consultant Pediatric and
- Neonatal Surgeon
- Jaslok
- LH Hiranandani Memorial
- SRCC-NH and Apollo Hospitals
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Krishna Mohan R
- Consultant Pediatrician
- Kerala Government Health Services Department
- Kozhikode, Kerala, India
- M Indra Shekhar Rao
- Director
- Division of Pediatrics and Neonatology
- Apollo Spectra Navodaya Hospital
- Secunderabad, Telangana, India
- M Zulfikar Ahamed
- Senior Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist
- KIMS Hospital
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Professor of Cardiology
- Pushpagiri Medical College
- Thiruvalla
- Clinical Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Cardiology
- Child Development Centre
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Major K Nagaraju
- Professor and Head
- Department of Allergy and
- Clinical Immunology
- Saveetha Medical College and Hospital
- Visiting Consultant Pediatric Allergy
- Apollo Children's Hospital
- Managing Director
- VN Allergy and Asthma Research Center
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Malathi Sathiyasekaran
- Consultant Pediatric
- Gastroenterologist
- Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital
- Sundaram Medical Foundation and Rainbow Children Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Manjusha Sailukar
- Consultant Pediatric and
- Neonatal Surgeon
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pediatric Surgery
- KJ Somaiya Medical College
- Hospital and Research Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtrta, India
- Meenakshi Swaminathan
- Senior Consultant
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- Sankara Nethralaya
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- MKC Nair
- Former Vice Chancellor
- Kerala University of Health Sciences
- Thrissur, Kerala
- Emeritus Professor
- Department of Developmental
- Behavioral and Adolescent Pediatrics
- Founder Director
- Child Development Centre and
- Medical College
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- MR Lokeshwar
- Consultant Pediatrician and
- Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
- Lilavati Hospital and Research Center
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Naeem Samnakay
- Clinical Associate Professor
- Consultant Pediatric Urologist and Pediatric Surgeon
- Perth Children's Hospital and
- University of Western Australia
- Perth, Australia
- P Ramachandran
- Associate Dean (PG Studies) and Professor, Department of Pediatrics
- Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- PAM Kunju
- Dean
- Faculty of Medicine
- Kerala University
- Professor and Head
- Department of Pediatric Neurology
- Government Medical College
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
- Pankaj V Deshpande
- Consultant Pediatric Nephrology
- Hinduja Hospital, Mahim
- Apollo Hospital, Belapur
- Hinduja Surgical, Khar
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Parimalam Kumar
- Professor and Head
- Department of Dermatology
- Government Stanley Medical
- College and Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Piyali Bhattacharya
- Consultant Pediatrician
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate
- Institute of Medical Sciences
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Priyanshu Mathur
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- SMS Medical College
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Remesh Kumar R
- Senior Consultant and Head
- Apollo Adlux Hospital
- Cochin, Kerala, India
- Rugmini K
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sree Mookambika Institute of
- Medical Sciences
- Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
- Rupesh Masand
- Senior Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- National Institute of Medical
- Sciences and Research
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- S Lalitha Rajalakshmi
- Resident
- Department of Pediatrics
- Mehta Multispecialty Hospitals India Pvt Ltd
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Samir Hasan Dalwai
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician
- Consultant
- New Horizons Child Development Center and Research Foundation
- Consultant
- Nanavati Hospital
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Samir R Shah
- Consultant Pediatrician and
- Adolescent Physician
- Samir Hospital and Narhari Hospital
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Sangeetha G
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Pediatric Medicine and Division of Pediatric Nephrology
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of
- Higher Education and Research
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Sasidaran Kandasamy
- Consultant Pediatric Intensivist
- and Head
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Advanced Pediatric Critical Care Center
- Mehta Multispecialty Hospital
- Chennai
- Head of Pediatrics and Pediatric
- Critical Care
- Chennai National Hospital, Chennai
- Consultant
- Sundaram Medical Foundation and
- Dr Rangarajan Memorial Hospital
- Chennai
- Consultant
- VS Institute of Hematology and
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Senthil Ganesh Kamaraj
- Consultant Pediatric Surgeon
- Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital
- Rainbow Children's Hospital, CSI Kalyani Hospitals
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Shailaja Mane
- Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Dr DY Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Center
- DY Patil Vidhyapeeth University
- Coordinator
- Association of Adolescent and
- Child Care in India (AACCI)
- Consultant Pediatrician and
- Adolescent Physician
- Siddhi Children's and Teen's Clinic
- Shahunagar
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Shruthi Tarikere
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pediatrics
- Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Somu Lakshmanan
- Professor and Head
- Department of ENT, Head and
- Neck Surgery
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of
- Higher Education and Research
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Sreeram S
- Consultant, Neonatologist
- NeoBBC Children's Hospital
- Paramitha Children's Hospital
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Srikanth Ramasubramanian
- Associate Consultant
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology
- Sankara Nethralaya
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Subramanyam L
- Senior Pediatrician and Pulmonologist
- Dr Mehta's Children's Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Sumathi Bavanandam
- Associate Professor
- Medical Gastroenterology
- Government Stanley Medical
- College and Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Swati Y Bhave
- Adjunct Professor in Adolescent Medicine
- Dr DY Patil Medical College
- Pimpri and Dr DY Patil Vidhyapeeth University
- Consultant in Adolescent Pediatrics
- Head and In-Charge of
- Adolescent Wellness Clinic
- Jehangir Hospital
- Executive Director AACCI
- (Association of Adolescent and
- Child Care in India), Mumbai
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Thangavelu Sangaralingam
- Former Assistant Professor/Reader in Pediatrics
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Institute of Child Health
- Madras Medical College
- Senior Consultant Pediatrics and Director of Pediatrics
- Department of Pediatrics
- Mehta Multispecialty Hospital
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Urvashi Singh
- Senior Resident
- Department of ENT, Head and
- Neck Surgery
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Dear Colleagues,
New Year Greetings to you all!!
I am happy to learn that as a tradition every year during Pedicon, team Partha is ready to unveil their 8th ‘Sculpture’—Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice (PCTDMPAP) crafted by finest sculptors in the field.
The science and art of pediatric practice is dynamic and ever evolving to make the diagnosis as well as management of neonatal, pediatric and adolescent problems safer and more effective.
The children are our future, and their health will reflect as the future health of the mankind. Investing early in good health of newborn, children and adolescents is the best and most rewarding investment. The rising costs of treatment should always be kept in mind in our country. Though our country is making rapid strides towards self-reliance, the present pandemic applied brakes to this progress. India has shown to the world that it is a world leader in health care having denied SARS-CoV-2 to play as big a havoc as it did in developed countries. Low-cost yet world-class health care has been the key to this success and that is what our goal in the future should be. Scientists and healthcare experts are pouring out their hearts for the people of India and other countries, especially those who cannot afford expensive treatment available in the developed countries. Now even the developed nations are looking towards India for assistance.
I am sure that this 8th book in Partha's Series will help us in making early diagnosis and initiating treatment, which are both safe as well as affordable, thereby improving outcome, limiting debility, and adding Quality Life to Years in our children.
With best wishes to Professor A Parthasarathy, Dr Alok Gupta, the Editorial Board and Authors, who worked hard, even during this pandemic to keep their commitment.
Piyush Gupta
MD FIAP FNNF FAMS
National President
Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2021
Professor and Head
Department of Pediatrics
University College of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India
Foreword
Dear friends,
As we all embark on the path to recovery from Covid-19 pandemic in this New Year 2021 with renewed hope, we must remember the horrors that we as well as our colleagues and friends faced during 2020. It was truly a trying year like none other—with all of us, the healthcare industry, being at the forefront against this invisible threat!
The challenge was not only the virus at large, but also how we should combat it. We were completely unprepared for such a situation. We needed to adapt our lines of thinking as well as advance with the times so that we could fight together as one. We needed to keep ourselves constantly updated with the knowledge that the world was working on—the new ways to fight this abomination on planet Earth. Fortunately, the mechanism for this was there—CMEs, but unfortunately, social distancing was the best defense available—which meant we could not meet. Several of us resorted to the digital revolution—the birthplace of our very own dIAP!
In the words of Eric Hoffer—“In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.”
The other mechanism was reading and updating ourselves, using the age old tried and tested method of resorting to books. And when we talk about books, especially pediatric and adolescent books, one automatically remembers the reference library created by our very own Professor Parthasarathy Sir including the already published and warmly accepted by readers viz Case Scenarios in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, Frequently Asked Questions in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, Management Protocols in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, 101 Clinical Pearls in Pediatrics, Management Algorithms in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, Investigations, Interpretations in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice and Partha's Comprehensive Manual for Pediatric and Adolescent Practitioners.
It gives me great pleasure to write a foreword to the 8th book aptly titled Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice. It has taken a team of dedicated experts—both national and international—who have burnt the midnight oil to give us this masterpiece. They have not only covered the basics, but also showcased an in-depth knowledge about the current trends in diagnosis and management of common neonatal, pediatric and adolescent conditions in a very lucid and easy to understand manner. This could not have been possible without the rich experience that is shared among the entire team.
We must always remember the words of BB King—“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you”.
I am certain that this book will be a great ready reckoner for each and everyone in this pandemic time for the entire pediatric fraternity. I urge all of you to go through this book to get a better understanding as well as means to improving your practice.
Bakul Jayant Parekh
National President
Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2020
Secretary General SAPA, 2018-2020
Professor and CEO of Pediatrics
Bakul Parekh Children's Hospital and Tertiary Care Center
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Foreword
Dear Fellow Members of IAP,
It gives me great pleasure and pride to write a foreword to the book Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatrics and Adolescent Practice edited by the respected Professor A Parthasarathy, Dr Alok Gupta and other esteemed Editorial Board members.
The medical science is ever expanding, and it is imperative for the practitioner to keep updated regularly regarding the recent protocols, therapy and diagnostic methods. Continuing medical education (CME) has become the new order of modern medicine with the IAP organizing various CME programs for the busy pediatric practitioner to enrich the knowledge about recent advances in related field.
The world has seen a tremendous technology driven changes in the last decades, reducing the cost of knowledge and communication to minimum within reach of everyone, the new technology will also make the world truly globalized focusing on the exponential growth trends in medicine. However, new technology is not without its own limitations, if not supported by evidence-based facts and practical application in practice of Medicine.
To address this issue of keeping updated busy practitioner, this comprehensive book on current trends in diagnosis and management in pediatric and adolescent practice has been conceptualized with the team of national and international experts joining hands with the sole objective of educating the practicing pediatricians in recent advances of related field of interest from newborn, children to adolescent age group.
This book has come as a ready reckoner for the practicing pediatricians, adolescent physicians, and postgraduate students in enhancing their knowledge about recent developments and helps them to face the Google generation of parents.
Compiling this book must have been a Herculean task with extraordinary efforts putting heart and soul by the editorial team and deserve special compliments from all of us. Our heartiest congratulations to each contributor for their Yeomen contribution in conceptualizing this comprehensive book on Recent Trends.
I personally thank you for the honor bestowed upon me to write foreword.
Expecting the esteemed passionate Editorial team to continue enriching our knowledge with their wisdom.
Wishing all Happy and Corona Free New Year 2021
With Best wishes
Uday Bodhankar
National President
Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 1994
Executive Director COMHAD (UK)
Deputy Chairperson of CHPA (UK)
Adjunct Associate Professor Pediatrics (Sydney)
International Council Member, ASPR (Japan)
Nodal Officer, RCPCH-DCH (UK)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Foreword
Parthasarathy is the other name of Shri Krishna who was the 8th child of his parents. “Current Trends” is the 8th book in Partha's series! My foreword is a prayer being offered at the auspicious beginning of a religiously done academic work—Bhagavad-Gita on Current Trends in pediatrics—running in 23 Adhyaays!
It is indeed exceedingly difficult for a pediatrician to stay updated. Publications like these are like “the annual shots of influenza vaccine” which “maintain immunity and protect us” from the “Virus of Ignorance”. The book has 125 topics from Newborn to Adolescent Health written by experienced pediatricians and will vaccinate all three types of readers—Experts, General Pediatricians and Students.
The rapid frequency of the publication of this series while still maintaining quality is a testament to the tireless dedication of the Partha-Alok duo. It has been no easy task for the editorial team to edit the different chapters, maintain uniformity in style, avoid repetition and keep it relevant to the current trends.
Partha has never truly retired. He is the Benjamin Button of the pediatric world, ageing backwards in time and working with the energy and enthusiasm of a youthful intern. Partha's book series is like the portrait of Dorian Gray—each publication adds on more experience and knowledge to it while at the same time keeping Partha vivacious.
During a busy day, we forget to take care of our souls. Such books are our soulmates. As said by Descartes, reading a good book is a conversation with the greatest minds of the century. Going through the pages of Current Trends, I have been part of one of the most enriching conversations. I welcome the reader to not just overhear this conversation, but be a part of the conversation—“A conversation with a soul-mate”.
Best Wishes
Pramod Jog
MD DNB FIAP
National President
Indian Academy of Pediatrics, 2016
Professor of Pediatrics, DY Patil Medical College, Pune
Standing Committee Member
International Pediatric Association (IPA) 2016-19
Steering Committee Member, GAVI (CSO) 2016-19
Senior Consultant, UNICEF, India
Associate Fellow, International Academy of Perinatal Medicine
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Preface
“We learn to unlearn, then relearn and thus continue to learn”
–Late Professor Gopal Saran, Patna
True to this maxim, Continuing Medical Education (CME) has become the “New Order of Modern Medicine”. Every professional medical organization organizes CME programs as a regular feature at local, state and national level since the busy practitioner hardly finds time to update his/her knowledge by referring to ongoing journals and updated textbooks. This made us to ponder about a permanent solution for this pertinent problem.
It was with this objective in mind, we conceptualized the idea of coming out with Partha's Series of books in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice. Till date 7 books have already been published and warmly accepted by readers viz Case Scenarios in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, Frequently Asked Questions in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, Management Protocols in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, 101 Clinical Pearls in Pediatrics, Management Algorithms in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, Investigations, Interpretations in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice and Partha's Comprehensive Manual for Pediatric and Adolescent Practitioners.
The 8th book Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice is now in your healing hands. A formidable team of national and international experts joined hands with us with the sole objective of educating the practicing pediatricians and the adolescent physicians by sharing Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management of common Neonatal, Pediatric and Adolescent conditions. Being luminaries in their own fields, they share their practical knowledge coupled with recent advances to benefit the readers purely out of academic interest without expecting any remuneration whatsoever.
This book is presented to you, the Gifted Healer, with 23 Sections covering Prenatal, Antenatal, Postnatal to Adolescent Care by including every pediatric subspecialty comprising 125 topics in about 500 pages. The common, not so common and the rare practical topics have come out of the experts’ own rich experience of over decades, which will be of great use to the practitioners in managing common and uncommon selected entities with the updated right diagnosis and the right management in their day-to-day practice.
Office practice will make readers learn, unlearn, and relearn their Art and Science of Modern Pediatrics and Adolescent Practice in addition to making reading a pleasure. We have covered nearly every topic, including rare diseases, pediatric surgery including subspecialties to name a few. Contents section at the beginning of the book will reveal the Treasure of Knowledge contained inside. We are confident that this book will serve as a desktop reference manual to you all for day-to-day use.
We will strive our best to further improve the standard of this title in its subsequent editions. Your suggestions and future topics, which we need to include, are most welcome.
A Parthasarathy
Alok Gupta
Acknowledgments
We acknowledge with gratitude the pain-staking efforts of all the contributors of Partha's Current Trends in Diagnosis and Management in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice, for so, meticulously presenting the right approach to interpretations of signs and symptoms, judicious use of investigations and updated management. Our grateful thanks go to all of them who have toiled to send their respective files by burning midnight oil.
Our special gratitude and thanks go to the Chief Academic Editors, Drs Anupama S Borker, Dhanya Dharmapalan, K Nedunchelian, P Ramachandran and Remesh Kumar R, who rendered devoted and dedicated hard work in reviewing, editing and preparing the “Print-ready Files” despite their busy academic and professional commitments. This publication would not have seen the light of the day on schedule without constant inputs from chapter reviewers of this book, Drs Geetha S, Piyali Bhattacharya, Krishna Mohan R, Rupesh Masand and Shailaja Mane.
For secretarial assistance, we are grateful to Mrs Nirmala Parthasarathy (PRO), AP Child Care; Dr (Mrs) Prathiba Janardhanan; Mrs Kavitha Balaji; Dr (Ms) Shruthi Pavana; Ms Swathi Pavana; Ms Kavya Balaji; Ms Mahiya Balaji; Mr R Janardhanan; Chennai; Mr P Balaji, Dubai, UAE; Dr Sweta Gupta; Dr Khushbu Jain and Dr Anant Gupta, Jaipur.
We offer our profound gratitude to Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Managing Director), Mr MS Mani (Group President), Ms Chetna Malhotra Vohra (Associate Director—Content Strategy), Ms Pooja Bhandari (Production Head) and Dr Rajul Jain (Development Editor) of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India.