Pediatric Primary Care Case Studies

by Burns, Catherine E.; Richardson, Beth; Brady, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780763761363
• ISBN10: 0763761362
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-20
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Pediatric Primary Care Case Studies is a collection of pediatric case studies that address the common health problems of well, acutely ill, and chronically ill children. This text provides students with the opportunity to assess various scenarios and consider differential diagnoses, treatments, and education plans. The cases include patient history and physical examination data and highlight the standards of treatment for the suggested case diagnosis.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Diagnostic Reasoning: A Complex Issue for Pediatric Primary Care	p. 1
Developmental Problems
An Infant with Gross Motor Delays	p. 11
A Toddler with Language and Social Delays	p. 27
A School-Age Child with School Failure Problems	p. 43
An Adolescent with Fatigue	p. 59
Functional Health and Mental Health Problems
The Well Infant	p. 75
The Overweight Preschooler	p. 85
The Breastfed Infant Who Is Not Gaining	p. 103
The Constipated 8-Year-Old	p. 115
The Teen Needing a Sports Physical	p. 133
The Infant Not Sleeping Through the Night	p. 163
The Child Who Is Very Busy and Doesn't Listen	p. 175
The Boy Who Draws a Picture Suggesting an Abuse Situation	p. 193
The 14-Year-Old Who Looks Depressed	p. 207
The Teen Who Thinks She Might Be Gay	p. 221
Diseases
The Child with a Fever for Six Days	p. 231
The Wheezing Child	p. 251
The Overweight Child with High Blood Sugar	p. 267
Migrant Farmworker's Toddler with Anemia	p. 291
The Child with a Headache	p. 321
The Preschooler with a Red Eye	p. 335
The Toddler with Recurrent Ear Infections	p. 347
The Athlete Who Experienced Syncope	p. 359
The Child Presenting with Cough	p. 377
The Child with Vomiting and Diarrhea	p. 387
Three Cases of Oral Trauma	p. 405
The Preschooler with Urinary Urgency and Urinary Incontinence	p. 417
The 15-Year-Old Girl Who Wants Birth Control	p. 427
The 16-Year-Old Girl with a Vaginal Discharge	p. 441
The Child with an Itchy Rash	p. 455
The Teen Boy with Acne	p. 467
The Limping Child	p. 481
The Late-Preterm Baby Beginning Well-Child Care	p. 493
A Child with Short Stature	p. 507
Index	p. 519
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