RT Book, Section A1 Wall, James A1 Albanese, Craig T. A2 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 1105497830 T1 Pediatric Surgery T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071792110 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105497830 RD 2024/03/19 AB Pediatric surgical patients are not merely small adults. The surgical care of children differs markedly from that of adults in many respects, including unique physiologic demands that vary according to age and development. The neonate’s physiologic development is closer to that of a fetus, while adolescents are similar to adults, and infants or children have problems unique to their chronologic and developmental age. Infants and children also suffer from congenital abnormalities and diseases not seen in adults, and their management requires an intimate understanding of the relevant embryology and pathogenesis.