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9780323030045

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780323030045

  • ISBN10:

    0323030041

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-07-02
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science

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Summary

Introducing the newest comprehensive reference designed specifically for the growing specialty of hospital-based pediatrics. This comprehensive new reference not only brings you the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to hospital-based pediatric care, but also covers issues related to staffing a unit; financial, legal and ethical topics, and how a hospitalist program communicates and relates to its referring providers and consulting staff. Youll find it a vital addition to the shelf of anyone who cares for pediatric patients in the hospital. Implement todays best evidence and literature based approaches for a full range of clinical challenges. Easily locate information relevant to your particular areas of interest with comprehensively organized, highly formatted coverage. Make clinical decisions efficiently thanks to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms. See dermatologic conditions and physical signs and symptoms. Benefit from the experience of editors from two powerhouse institutions - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Hospital of Boston.

Table of Contents

What is a Hospitalist?
Pediatric Hospitalists: Efficiency and Quality of Care
Hospitalist Models of Care: Organization and Compensation
Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction
Patient Safety and Medical Errors in Pediatric Hospitals
Infection Control for Pediatric Hospitals
Evidence-Based Medicine
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Approach to the Hospitalized Patient and Family
Hospitalist as Patient Advocate
Spiritual Care of the Hospitalized Child and Family
Pediatric Palliative, End-of-Life, and Bereavement Care
Transitions of Care in Hospitalized Children
Medical Consultation and Co-management
Transport Medicine for Hospitalists
Finances
Discharge planning, follow-up, payer relations, utilization management, home care
Ethics
Legal Issues: risk management, malpractice
Clinical Research
Protection of Patients, Research Subjects, and Confidentiality / IRBs and HIPPA
Medical Education; Inpatient Medical Education
Professional Organizations
Future Development of the Field
Abdominal Mass
Abdominal Pain
Acidosis
Altered Mental Status
Chest Pain
Cyanosis
Diarrhea
FTT
Fever
GI Bleeding
Hypertension
Hypoglycemia
Hyoptension/ Shock
Hypoxemia
Irritability/Intractable Crying
Limp/Joint Swelling
Lymphandenopathy/Adenitis
Mouth Pain/Lesions
Neck Pain
Petechiae/Purpura
Respiratory Distress (Wheezing, Stridor, SOB, Cough, Tachypnea)
Syncope
Vomiting
Delivery room medicine (NALS, premies, Apgars)
Term newborn (newborn screen, hips, hearing, hep B)
Birth Injury
Congenital anomalies
Respiratory Distress/TTN
Congenital and Perinatal Infections/Sepsis
Hypoglycemia, IDM
Hyperbilirubinemia
Neonatal abstinence/withdrawal
Dehydration
Electrolyte abnormalities (Na, K, Ca, Mg)
Antimicrobial Agents
Fever
FUO
Fever and Rash
CNS Infections
URTI
Neck and Oral Cavity Infections
Middle RTI and Bronchiolitis
Pneumonia
GI Infections
UTI
Bone, Joint, Soft-Tissue Infections
Catheter-related infections
HIV
Immunocompromised host
Apnea, ALTE, OSA
Asthma
Aspiration
BPD
Cystic Fibrosis
Airway Foreign Body
PFTs, and other tests of resp physiology
The Cardiac Exam
Approach to ECGs
Congenital Heart Disease
Endocarditis
Myocarditis/Cardiomyopathies
Pericarditis
Acute Rheumatic Fever
Diabetes Mellitus
Thyroid Disorders
Hypopituitarism/DI
Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
Adrenal Disorders
Biliary Disease
Constipation/encopresis
Gastritis and Ulcer Disease
Gastric emptying disorders
Hepatic Disorders
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Malnutrition
Pancreatitis
Feeding Issues
Kawasaki Disease
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Postinfectious Arthridites
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Acute renal failure
Chronic renal insufficiency/failure
Glomerulonephritis
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Interstitial Nephritis
Nephrotic Syndrome
Renal Tubular Acidosis
Renal Vein Thrombosis
Anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia
Neutropenia
Thrombocytopenia
Disorders of Coagulation and Thrombosis
Transfusion Medicine and Blood Products
Emergencies
Initial care/management of common tumors
Fever and neutropenia, other complications of chemotherapy/radiation
Issues surrounding bone marrow transplant patients
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