Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1. History of Developments in Understanding the Complexities as Well as Relationships of Obesity and the Gastrointestinal Tract in Human Civilization
(Donald E. Greydanus, MD and Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSc, DMSc, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, and others)
Chapter 2. Perspectives on Obesity Diagnosis
(Marisha G. Agana, MD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US)
Chapter 3. Etiologic Concepts and Pathogenesis of Obesity
(Laura T Martin, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, US)
Chapter 4. Endocrine Concerns in Obesity
(Vandana Raman, MD, and Manmohan K Kamboj, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Utah, Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, US, and others)
Chapter 5. Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity
(Premchand Anne, MD, Utkarsh Kohli, MD, and Stuart Covi, MD, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Electrophysiology, St John Providence Children’s Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, US)
Chapter 6. Concepts of Hyperlipidemia
(Premchand Anne, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, Ascension St John Children’s Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, US)
Chapter 7. Perspectives on Acute Abdominal Pain in the Adolescent: A Clinically Challenging Conundrum
(Donald E Greydanus, MD, and John D. Rowlett, MD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and others)
Chapter 8. Pancreatitis in Children and Adolescents
(Thomas A Melgar, MD, and Alec Wilson, MD, Departments of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, and others)
Chapter 9. Selected Common Acute Gastrointestinal and General Surgical Conditions in Children and Adolescents
(Saad Shebrain, MD, Katherine Kramme, DO, Hailey Chang, MD, Brandon Tanner, MD, Richie Goriparhi, MD and Zaki Rahaman, MD, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, US)
Chapter 10. Pediatric Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease
(John D Rowlett, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hospital Medicine, St Joseph/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, Medical College of Georgia and Eastern Kentucky University, US)
Chapter 11. Pediatric Obesity: Please Recognize Sleep with Adequate Importance
(Mariam Ischander, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US)
Chapter 12. Enuresis
(Donald E. Greydanus, MD, DrHC and Hem Sagar Rimal, MD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine and Ferris State University School of Pharmacy, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, and others)
Chapter 13. Encopresis
(Dilip R. Patel, MD, MBA and Helen D. Pratt, PhD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US)
Chapter 14. Psychiatric Perspectives in Pediatric Obesity
(Stephen Mclearie, Sultan Albrahim, Salma Malik, MD, Irshaad Shaffeeullah, MD, Goran Petrovski, MD, PhD, and Ahsan Nazeer, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar)
Chapter 15. Effects of Obesity on the Musculoskeletal System
(Dilip R. Patel, MD, and Cinthya Melendez, MD, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US)
Chapter 16. General Principles of Pediatric Obesity Management
(Maria Demma Cabral, MD, Ethel Clemente, MD, and Marisha G. Agana, MD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US)
Chapter 17. Pharmacology for Pediatric Obesity
(Donald E. Greydanus, MD, DrHC and Flora Bacopoulou, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US, and others)
Chapter 18. The Impact of Obesity on the Practice of Pediatric and Adolescent Emergency Medicine
(John D. Rowlett, MD, and Leigha Davis, PharmD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hospital Medicine, St Joseph/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, Medical College of Georgia, GA, and others)
Chapter 19. Quo Vadis? Where Do We Go from Here Regarding Pediatric Obesity?
(Marisha G Agana, MD, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US)
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