Main description:

The most up-to-date, easy-to-use guide to the diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of the medical problems of children from birth through adolescence

Emphasizes the clinical aspects of pediatric care while also covering important underlying principlesEssential for pediatricians, family practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners, and other health care providers who work with childrenWritten by experienced pediatricians to ensure that every chapter reflects the needs and realities of real-world practice.

All topics thoroughly updated with the latest research and findings.

• Organized by general topics and by organ systems
• Provides concise, evidence-based information on a wide range of pediatric medical conditions most often encountered in daily clinical practice
• Includes detailed descriptions of diseases as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Presented in the time-saving LANGE CURRENT style: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
• Features numerous tables and figures that provide quick access to important information such as acute and critical care procedures in the clinic, emergency room, and critical care unit
• Delivers succinct, authoritative overviews of important pediatric health concerns such as childhood nutrition and eating disorders, substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, child abuse, oral medicine and dentistry, immunization, and emergencies and injuries
• Complete with valuable guide to normal laboratory values

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 andTherapy
46. Pediatric Laboratory Medicine and ReferenceRanges