CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatrics, Twenty-First Edition

by Hay, William; Levin, Myron; Deterding, Robin; Abzug, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780071779708
• ISBN10: 0071779701
• Edition: 21st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-21
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

Evidence-based information on the care of children from birth through adolescence in an easy-to-use, find-it-now presentation CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics, 21edelivers concise, up-to-date, and clinically relevant coverage of how to assess and treat common disorders in children. Known as the on-the-go guide to pediatrics, the book features the easy-to-follow LANGE CURRENT outline presentation, which consists of: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment, Clinical Features, Treatment, Prognosis. Written by experienced pediatricians to ensure that every chapter reflects the needs and realities of day-to-day practice, this is an essential resource for pediatricians, family practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners, and the critical care unit. Emphasizes the clinical aspects of pediatric care while also covering important underlying principles Provides a quick, authoritative guide to the diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of a wide range of pediatric medical conditions Includes detailed description of diseases as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures Organized by general topics as well as by organ systems Presented in time-saving LANGE CURENT outline format: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis & Typical Features, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis Delivers concise overviews of important pediatric health concerns, including childhood nutrition and eating disorders, substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, child abuse, oral medicine and dentistry, immunization, and emergencies and injuries

Table of Contents

1. The Newborn Infant
2. Child Development and Behavior
3. Adolescence
4. Adolescent Substance Abuse
5. Eating Disorders
6. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
7. Child Abuse and Neglect
8. Ambulatory / Office Pediatrics
9. Immunization
10. Travel Medicine
11. Normal Childhood Nutrition and Its Disorders
12. Emergencies and Injuries
13. Poisoning
14. Critical Care
15. Skin
16. Eye
17. Oral Medicine and Dentistry
18. Ear, Nose, and Throat
19. Respiratory Tract and Mediastinum
20. Sleep Medicine
21. Cardiovascular Diseases
22. Gastrointestinal Tract
23. Liver and Pancreas
24. Kidney and Urinary Tract
25. Neurologic and Muscular Disorders
26. Orthopedics
27. Sports Medicine
28. Rehabilitation Medicine
29. Rheumatic Diseases
30. Hematologic Disorders
31. Neoplastic Disease
32. Pain Management and Palliative Care
33. Immunodeficiency
34. Endocrine Disorders
35. Diabetes Mellitus
36. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
37. Genetics and Dysmorphology
38. Allergic Disorders
39. Antimicrobial Therapy
40. Infections: Viral and Rickettsial
41. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
42. Infections: Bacterial and Spirochetal
43. Infections: Parasitic and Mycotic
44. Sexually Transmitted Infections
45. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders and Therapy
46. Pediatric Laboratory Medicine and Reference Ranges