Blueprints Pediatrics

by Marino, Bradley S.; Fine, Katie S.

• ISBN13: 9781405105019
• ISBN10: 1405105011
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-26
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

More than just a Board review for USMLE Steps 2 and 3, Blueprints Pediatrics, Fourth Edition can help you during clerkship rotations and subinternship. This popular Blueprints book has been refined and updated while keeping its concise, organized style, clinical high-yield content, and student-friendly features. This edition includes a new adolescent medicine chapter, new guidelines regarding the febrile infant and urinary tract infections, an updated cardiology chapter reflecting current USMLE requirements, expanded coverage of aberrant development and developmental delay, and completely revamped oncology and infectious disease chapters. The authors' dual backgrounds in academic medicine and private practice ensure timely coverage of emerging research and its clinical implications.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	vi
Abbreviations	viii
Emergency Management: Evaluation of the Critically Ill or Injured Child	1	(9)
Poisoning, Burns, and Injury Prevention	10	(12)
Cardiology	22	(32)
Development	54	(6)
Dermatology	60	(11)
Endocrinology	71	(13)
Fluid, Electrolyte, and pH Management	84	(8)
Gastroenterology	92	(19)
Genetic Disorders	111	(11)
Hematology	122	(23)
Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology	145	(14)
Infectious Disease	159	(30)
Neonatology	189	(37)
Nephrology and Urology	226	(16)
Neurology	242	(17)
Nutrition	259	(6)
Oncology	265	(17)
Ophthalmology	282	(8)
Orthopedics	290	(11)
Pulmonology	301	(11)
Adolescent Medicine	312	(9)
Questions	321	(10)
Answers	331	(11)
Index	342