Algorithms are practical tools to help us address diagnostic and therapeutic problems in a logical, efficient and cost-effective fashion. Practical Algorithms in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology uses this approach to assist the clinician caring for children with blood disorders and possible malignancies. The book is designed for the general practitioner and pediatrician who are not exposed to these problems on a daily basis as well as residents and trainees in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
In addressing oncologic problems, our goal is to efficiently determine whether children have malignant or benign disorders, and to establish the specific diagnosis. Details of specific therapeutic regimens for malignant disorders are not addressed because they should be determined individually in consultation with a pediatric oncologist. Algorithms also address the management of complications which may occur at the time of clinical presentation, such as superior vena cava syndrome, febrile neutropenia, and tumor lysis syndrome as well as an approach to recognizing the late effectsof treatment.
The algorithms addressing hematologic disorders also concentrate on diagnosis, but include issues of management of conditions such as sickle cell anemia, hemophilia and red blood cell transfusions.
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