Thoroughly updated for its Seventh Edition, this practical quick-reference manual presents authoritative patient management guidelines based on the extensive clinical experience at The Children's Hospital in Boston. Coverage includes normal newborn, well-child, and adolescent care, acute care, disorders of each organ system, behavioral disorders, and management of the child with developmental disabilities and specialized health care needs. The text includes numerous easy-to-scan tables and a popular "A to Z" drug formulary.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE

Caring for Children

John W. Graef, Joanne Wolfe, and Christina Ullrich

Principles of Normal Newborn, Well-Child, and Adolescent Care

Wanessa Risko and Sara Forman

ACUTE CARE

Fluid and Electrolytes

Cynthia Wong and John T. Herrin

Antimicrobials and Infectious Diseases

Marvin B. Harper and Charlotte A. Mao

Management of Sick Newborn

Tanzeema Hossain and Anne Hansen

Emergency and Intensive Care

Mark I. Neuman, Michael L. McManus, and Andrew J. Capraro

Poisoning

Alan Woolf

DISORDERS OF ORGAN SYSTEMS

Renal Disorders

Michelle A. Baum and Michael J.G. Somers

Cardiac Disorders

John M. Costello and Edward P. Walsh

Management of Nutritional, Gastrointestinal, and Hepatic Disorders

Douglas S. Fishman and Athos Bousvaros

Metabolic Disorders

Edward Neilan and Deborah Marsden

Endocrine Disorders

Joseph I. Wolfsdorf and Diego Botero

PrepUbertal and Adolescent Gynecologic Disorders

Susan H. Gray and Marc R. Laufer

Hematologic Disorders

Christy Duncan and Matthew M. Heeney

Allergic and Immunodeficiency Disorders

Bryce A. Binstadt and Lynda Schneider

Dermatologic Disorders

Stephen Gellis

Inflammatory Disorders

Robert Sundel

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Richard G. Bachur and Peter M. Water

Neurologic Disorders

Omar Khwaja, Alexander Rotenberg, and Scott L. Pomeroy

Management of the Child with Developmental Disabilities and Specialized Health Care Needs

Laurie Glader and Nedda Hobbs

Behavioral Disorders

Carolyn Bridgemohan and Barbara Burr

FORMULARY

Formulary

Shannon F. Manzi and Brenda Dodson