Noonan Syndrome: Characteristics and Interventions

New Insights in Noonan Syndrome provides an in-depth analysis of this disorder for pediatric endocrinologists as well as primary care providers to provide affected patients with an updated model of care and appropriate treatment. This resource examines in detail the recent advances in understanding and treating short stature in in Noonan Syndrome, as well as the latest progress in growth hormone-dependent signaling pathways involved in short stature, one of the most frequent clinical manifestations. Chapters also address how patients with Noonan Syndrome undergo more than average surgical procedures and have a great bleeding risk. Clotting and platelet defects considerably restrict the possible analgesic and anesthetic options in patients with Noonan syndrome. This is a must have reference for pediatric endocrinologists and practicing physicians. Accessible, up-to-date overview of the characteristics, state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures, and management of Noonan syndrome Offers an important resource for those physicians who are used to seeing and treating individual symptoms, rather than a disease complex, covering the important characteristics in the presence of heart anomalies and the peri-operative considerations Reviews multidisciplinary management as well as post-treatment management of the disease

• | Author: Amrit P.S. Bhangoo
• | Publisher: Academic Press
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 215 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0128153482
• | ISBN-13: 9780128153482