Current Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatrics (24th Edition)

Description

A concise, yet comprehensive source of current information on the medical problems of children –– from birth through adolescence

A Doody’s Core Title for 2019! 

Key Features

• A practical, up-to-date well-referenced guide to the diagnosis and treatment of the most commonly seen medical conditions in children
• Excellent coverage of The Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) curriculum used in pediatric clerkship
• 46 chapters cover a wide range of topics, including neonatal medicine, child development and behavior, emergency and critical care medicine, and diagnosis and treatment of specific disorders according to major problems, etiologies, and organ systems
• A wealth of tables and figures provide quick access to important information, such as acute and critical care procedures in the delivery room, the office, the emergency room, and the critical care unit; anti-infective agents, drug dosages, immunization schedules, differential diagnoses, and developmental disorders
• Includes detailed descriptions of diseases as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Complete with handy guide to normal laboratory values
• Presented in the consistent, easy-to-follow CURRENT format
• Valuable to medical students, pediatric residents, pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare providers who work with infants, children, and adolescents
• Authors are practicing pediatricians to ensure that each chapter reflects the needs and realities of day-to-day practice

Table of Contents

1. The Newborn Infant
2. Child Development and Behavior
3. Adolescence
4. Adolescent Substance Abuse
5. Eating Disorders
6. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
7. Child Abuse and Neglect
8. Ambulatory / Office Pediatrics
9. Immunization
10. Travel Medicine
11. Normal Childhood Nutrition and Its Disorders
12. Emergencies and Injuries
13. Poisoning
14. Critical Care
15. Skin
16. Eye
17. Oral Medicine and Dentistry
18. Ear, Nose, and Throat
19. Respiratory Tract and Mediastinum
20. Sleep Medicine
21. Cardiovascular Diseases
22. Gastrointestinal Tract
23. Liver and Pancreas
24. Kidney and Urinary Tract
25. Neurologic and Muscular Disorders
26. Orthopedics
27. Sports Medicine
28. Rehabilitation Medicine
29. Rheumatic Diseases
30. Hematologic Disorders
31. Neoplastic Disease
32. Pain Management and Palliative Care
33. Immunodeficiency
34. Endocrine Disorders
35. Diabetes Mellitus
36. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
37. Genetics and Dysmorphology
38. Allergic Disorders
39. Antimicrobial Therapy
40. Infections: Viral and Rickettsial
41. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
42. Infections: Bacterial and Spirochetal
43. Infections: Parasitic and Mycotic
44. Sexually Transmitted Infections
45. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders and Therapy
46. Pediatric Laboratory Medicine and Reference Ranges