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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.

Contents:

Part I: General Issues of Inpatient Pediatric Medicine

Section A: Hospitalists and Hospitalist Systems

Section B: Improving the Quality of Care for Hospitalized Children

Section C. Caring for the Patient

Section D: Hospitalist Service Administration

Section E: Ethics, The Law, and Pediatric Clinical Research

Section F: Hospitalists' Work: Present and Future

Part II: Common Presenting Signs and Symptoms

Part III: Systems Approach

Section A: Neonatology

Section B: Fluids and Electrolytes

Section C: Infectious Diseases

Section D: Pulmonology

Section E: Cardiology

Section F: Endocrinology

Section G: Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Section H: Rheumatology

Section I: Nephrology

Section J: Hematology

Section K: Oncology

Section L: Neurology

Section M: Genetics and Metabolism

Section N: Allergy and Immunology

Section O: Surgical Issues

Section P: Dermatology

Section Q: Psychiatry

Section R: Adolescent Medicine

Section S: Child Abuse and Neglect

Section T: Toxins, Substance Abuse, and Environmental Exposures

Section U: Care of the Medically Complex Child

Part IV: Procedures