The first edition of this text was truly revolutionary. It helped to define the field of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. Importantly, it pulled together two strands of clinical practice and research, as reflected in the hyphenated name: developmental pediatrics, which focused on developmental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and autism, and biological influences, such as genetics and neurobiology and behavioral pediatrics, which emphasized normal development, temperamental differences among children, parent-child interactions, and social or environmental influences on children’s development. The second through fourth editions expanded on the first edition, adding new information based on emerging evidence to improve clinical practice. MORE
Care of the surgical patient is complex and involves surgeons and anesthesiologists, nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team. Patients are ageing and the procedures we can deliver are more and more challenging. Successful surgical outcomes depend not only on expert clinicians, but on all the components of the system working together to deliver safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, and equitable care. I wanted to share my learnings, and those of my co-editors, Lee Fleisher and Michael Englesbe, on how to study, optimize, and deliver great care across the surgical continuum. MORE
Dr. Sadda: I am especially excited about the new chapter on Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is poised to create sweeping changes to the field of retina. Every retina practitioner has to have solid foundational understanding of AI and its potential applications and this chapter provides a great overview. Dr. Wilkinson: I’m most excited about all of our authors’ efforts to provide the very best updates that we have within our profession. The progress that has occurred is well documented in new and improved illustrations and expanded bibliographies. It’s apparent to all readers that advances in “medical retina” are currently enjoying the most exciting chapters that are resulting in dramatic therapeutic outcomes. In the volume devoted to surgery that I co-edited with Peter Wiedemann, the major improvements include the new illustrations (including videos), improved equipment and techniques, and up-to-date bibliographies. MORE