Pediatric Urology. a General Urologist's Guide (Current Clinical Urology)

About this book

A vast number of children in the United States are evaluated and treated for urologic conditions by urologists practicing general urology due to the relatively few fellowship-trained pediatric urologists. Pediatric Urology: A Guide for General Urologists is a book written specifically for general urologists as a concise and comprehensive reference of the more common pediatric urologic conditions. Other health practitioners (i.e. pediatrician, family practitioner, residents, medical students, and midlevel providers) will also find this book as a key reference. Well-respected pediatric urologists will author these chapters containing algorithms and bolded text to allow for identification of key words. This will assist the health care provider to rapidly review the essential aspects of the physical examination, evaluation, diagnostic testing, and management while the patient is still in the office. The chapters are also arranged into four sections to allow for easier access to the information: Office urology, genitalia, urinary tract, and miscellaneous topics. Furthermore, the first chapter of the book will be dedicated to facts and figures (ex. normal penile and renal lengths based on age, dosing of common medications, and grading system for vesicoureteral reflux) that serve as a single source for this information.

Keywords:

Ambiguous Genitalia
Circumcision
General Urology
Hematuria
Pediatric Urology
Urinary Incontinece
Urinary Tract Infections
Urolothiasis

Table of contents

Office Urology

• Pediatric urology facts and figures
  Jeffrey S. Palmer, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
• Radiographic imaging
  Lane S. Palmer, MD (Schneider Children’s Hospital)
• Urinary tract infections
  David Bloom, MD (University of Michigan)
• Voiding dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and urodynamics
  Lane S. Palmer, MD (Schneider Children’s Hospital)
• Hematuria: Gross and microscopic
  Phillip Nasrallah (Akron’s Children’s Hospital)
  Daniel McMahon (Akron’s Children’s Hospital)
• Genetic diseases and associated urologic manifestations
  Jeffrey S. Palmer, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
• Neurologically-impaired child: Evaluation and management
  Antoine Khoury, MD (Hospital for Sick Children)

Genitalia

• Circumcision: Pros, cons, and techniques
  Bradley Kropp, MD (Children’s Hospial of Oklahoma)
• Penis: Hypospadias and other congenital anomalies
  Warren Snodgrass, MD (Southwestern Medical Center)
• Penis: Acquired conditions
  Douglas Canning, MD (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
• Hydroceles, hernias, and varicoceles
  H. Gill Rushton, MD (Children’s National Medical Center)
• Testicles: Undescended, retractile, and ascended testicles
  Craig Peters, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital)
• Acute scrotum
  Andrew Kirsch, MD (Emory University School of Medicine)
• Ambiguous genitalia and intersex
  Richard Rink, MD (Cincinatti Children’s Hospital)

Urinary Tract

• Hydronephrosis: Prenatal and postnatal
  Joseph Borer, MD (Boston Children’s Hospital)
• Vesicoureteral reflux
  Jeffrey S. Palmer, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
• Urinary tract obstruction and posterior urethral valves
  John Gearhart, MD (Johns Hopkins Children’s Center)
• Urolithiasis
  Eugene Minevich, MD (Cincinatti Children’s Hospital)
  Jeffrey S. Palmer, MD (Cleveland Clinic)

Miscellaneous Topics

• Genitourinary tumors
  Jonathon Ross, MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Genitourinary trauma
  Mark Cain, MD (James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children)
• Laparoscopy in the pediatric population
  Steven Docimo, MD (University of Pittsburgh)