The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers

by Gunn, Veronica L., M.D.; Nechyba, Christian, M.D.; Barone, Michael A., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780323014861
• ISBN10: 0323014860
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science

Summary

For more than 50 years, The Harriet Lane Handbook has been the pediatrician's reference of choice in hospitals nationwide-and for good reason. Its unsurpassed diagnostic and management guidance, recommended tests, complete therapeutic information, and a comprehensive drug formulary make it essential for anyone who treats children. Now, the 16th Edition is completely revised and updated to provide the latest treatments, guidelines, and management recommendations. Also available as PDA Handheld Software for Palm OS or Windows CE/ Pocket PC devices! Organizes a wealth of information into a convenient, pocket-sized, outline format. Focuses on the safety and efficacy of drugs in children. Covers FDA Pregnancy Category notations and information on the effects of drugs in breast milk. Includes step-by-step emergency management protocols, growth charts, and more. 27 additional contributing experts. 14th Edition also available in Spanish, ISBN: 84-8174-274-0

Table of Contents

PART I Pediatric Acute Care	1	(96)
Emergency Management	3	(16)
Monique Soileau-Burke
Poisonings	19	(32)
Julie Yeh
Procedures	51	(28)
Matthew Grady
Trauma and Burns	79	(18)
Karyn Kassis
Matthew Grady
PART II Diagnostic and Therapeutic Information	97	(450)
Adolescent Medicine	99	(24)
Dominique Foulkes
Karyn Kassis
Cardiology	123	(46)
Brett H. Siegfried
Tara O. Henderson
Dermatology	169	(20)
Monique Soileau-Burke
Development and Behavior	189	(24)
Lori Chaffin Jordan
Endocrinology	213	(20)
Irene Moff
Renu Peterson
Fluids and Electrolytes	233	(20)
Dominique Foulkes
Gastroenterology	253	(14)
Samina H. Taha
Genetics	267	(16)
Vivian V. Pearson
Hematology	283	(24)
Michelle Hudspeth
Heather Symons
Immunology	307	(8)
Michelle Hudspeth
Heather Symons
Immunoprophylaxis	315	(28)
Irene Moff
Microbiology and Infectious Disease	343	(36)
Laurel Bell
Shilpa Hattangadi
Neonatology	379	(18)
Lisa A. Irvine
Nephrology	397	(20)
Melissa M. Sparrow
Neurology	417	(16)
H. Scott Cameron
Nutrition and Growth	433	(72)
Jeanne Cox
Lori Chaffin Jordan
Oncology	505	(8)
Michelle Hudspeth
Heather Symons
Pulmonology	513	(16)
Melissa M. Greenfield
Radiology	529	(18)
Chicky Dadlani
Shalloo Sachdev
PART III Reference	547	(22)
Blood Chemistries and Body Fluids	549	(12)
Christian Nechyba
Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine	561	(8)
Veronica L. Gunn
PART IV Formulary	569	(2)
Drug Doses	571	(20)
Carlton Lee
Christian Nechyba
Veronica L. Gunn
Analgesia and Sedation	891	(16)
Javier Tejedor-Sojo
Formulary Adjunct	907	(30)
Shalloo Sachdev
Drugs In Renal Failure	937
Christian Nechyba
Veronica L. Gunn