Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine (2nd Edition)

Description

The gold-standard text in pediatric hospital medicine – updated and streamlined for today’s practice

Hailed by reviewers and clinicians alike, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine has become the specialty’s cornerstone text. Edited by five leading figures in pediatric hospital medicine, this acclaimed resource brings you the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to inpatient pediatric care from experts in their fields.

Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition opens with an informative introductory section that defines hospital medicine and addresses general issues of hospitalist practice and administration. This includes important topics such as medical legal issues, communications, electronic health records, palliative care, ethical issues, careers, professional organizations, and more.

The book then moves into commonly presenting signs and symptoms. This is followed by the largest section, a breakdown of diseases by system. The text concludes with a procedures section that provides hard-to-find instruction on the procedures most commonly performed on children in a hospital setting.

The Disease chapters are templated to include Background, Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Evaluation, Management, Special Considerations, Key Points, References, algorithms, and more. The Procedures chapters include Indications, Contraindications, Anatomy, Equipment, Procedure, Preparation, Technique, Complications, and Special Considerations.

If you’re in need of an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative text that spans the emerging field of pediatric hospital medicine, your search ends here.

Table of Contents

1.  Part I: General Issues of Inpatient Pediatric Medicine
   1. Section A: Hospitalists and Hospitalist Systems
   2. Section B: Improving the Quality of Care for Hospitalized Children
   3. Section C. Caring for the Patient
   4. Section D: Hospitalist Service Administration
   5. Section E: Ethics, The Law, and Pediatric Clinical Research
   6. Section F: Hospitalists’ Work: Present and Future
2. Part II: Common Presenting Signs and Symptoms
3. Part III: Systems Approach
   1. Section A: Neonatology
   2. Section B: Fluids and Electrolytes
   3. Section C: Infectious Diseases
   4. Section D: Pulmonology
   5. Section E: Cardiology
   6. Section F: Endocrinology
   7. Section G: Gastroenterology and Nutrition
   8. Section H: Rheumatology
   9. Section I: Nephrology
   10. Section J: Hematology
   11. Section K: Oncology
   12. Section L: Neurology
   13. Section M: Genetics and Metabolism
   14. Section N: Allergy and Immunology
   15. Section O: Surgical Issues
   16. Section P: Dermatology
   17. Section Q: Psychiatry
   18. Section R: Adolescent Medicine
   19. Section S: Child Abuse and Neglect
   20. Section T: Toxins, Substance Abuse, and Environmental Exposures
   21. Section U: Care of the Medically Complex Child
4. Part IV: Procedures

Authors Biography

Vincent W. Chang, MD (Boston, MA) is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard School of Medicine; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency, Director, Pediatric Clerkship, Boston’s Children’s Hospital.

Lisa B. Zaoutis, MD (Philadelphia, PA) is Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.