Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care: (Quick Reference Guide)

Significantly revised and updated, the second edition of this popular quick reference guide provides information and advice on 190 areas of current pediatric care, everything from abdominal pain and ADHD, to herpes infections and headache to weight loss and wheezing. This indispensable resource delivers practical, action-orientated, clinical solutions for healthcare professionals to use during or between patient encounters. Authoritative content is presented in a concise outline format that helps speed and simplify decision-making. Regardless of the patient presentation you're confronted with, you'll have quick access to the help you need to: Efficiently evaluate signs and symptoms. Order the right screening/diagnostic tests. Implement approved therapeutic strategies. Prescribe safe and effective medications Recommend proven prevention measures. Confidently respond to parent questions. 35 new chapters including Anxiety Ataxia Coagulation disorders Cyanosis Drug interactions and adverse effects Fetal alcohol syndrome Fragile X syndrome Hemangiomas Hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, and hypercalcuria Inflammatory bowel disease Klinefelter syndrome Learning disorders Metabolic disorders beyond the newborn period Munchausen syndrome by proxy: medical child abuse Pancreatitis Papulosquamous disease Pierre-Robin syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome Symptoms of emotional disturbance in young children (Birth to 5 Years) Turner syndrome and Noonan syndrome And more...

Table of Contents:
Abdominal Pain Acne Adjustment Disorder Allergic Rhinitis Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies Amenorrhea Anemia and Pallor Animal Bites Anorexia Nervosa Anuria and Oliguria Anxiety Apparent Life-Threatening Event Asthma Ataxia Atopic Dermatitis Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Spectrum Disorder Back Pain Bacterial Skin Infections Bronchiolitis Bulimia Nervosa Cardiac Arrhythmias Cerebral Palsy Chest Pain Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coagulation Disorders Colic Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease Constipation Contact Dermatitis Contagious Exanthematous Diseases Cough Cyanosis Cystic and Solid Masses of the Face and Neck Cystic Fibrosis Dehydration Dental Problems Depression Diabetes Mellitus Diaper Rash Diarrhea and Steatorrhea Disorders of Sex Development Dizziness and Vertigo Down Syndrome Drug Eruptions Drug Interactions and Adverse Effects Dysmenorrhea Dysphagia Dyspnea Dysuria Edema Encopresis Enterovirus Infections Enuresis Epistaxis Failure to Thrive Fatigue and Weakness Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fever Fever of Unknown Origin Foot and Leg Problems Foreign Bodies of the Ear, Nose, Airway, and Esophagus Fragile X Syndrome Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Gastrointestinal Allergy Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Sprue) Headache Hearing Loss Heart Murmurs Hemangiomas Hematuria Hemoglobinopathies and Sickle Cell Disease Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Hemoptysis Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Hepatitis Hepatomegaly Herpes Infections Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development HIV Infection and AIDS Hoarseness Human Herpesvirus-6 and Human Herpesvirus-7 Infections Hydrocephalus Hyperhidrosis Hypertension Hyperthyroidism Hypocalcemia, Hypercalcemia, and Hypercalcuria Hypospadias, Epispadias, and Cryptorchism Hypothyroidism Hypotonia Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura Immunization Inattention Inflammatory Bowel Disease Insect Bites and Infestations Intellectual Disability Iron-Deficiency Anemia Irritability Jaundice Joint Pain Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Kawasaki Disease Klinefelter Syndrome Labial Adhesions Learning Difficulty Learning Disorders Limp Loss of Appetite Lyme Disease Lymphadenopathy Macrocephaly Meningitis Meningoencephalitis Metabolic Disorders Beyond the Newborn Period Microcephaly Mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr Infections Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Medical Child Abuse Muscular Dystrophy Nephritis Nephrotic Syndrome Neural Tube Defects Neurocutaneous Syndromes Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Odor (Unusual Urine and Body) Oppositional Defiant Disorder Osteomyelitis Otitis Media and Otitis Externa Pancreatitis Papulosquamous Disease Parasitic Infections Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Petechiae and Purpura Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis Phimosis Pierre-Robin Syndrome Pinworm Infestations Plagiocephaly Pneumonia Polyuria Prader-Willi Syndrome Preoperative Assessment Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis Preventive Cardiology Proteinuria Pruritus Psoriasis Puberty: Normal and Abnormal Pyloric Stenosis Recurrent Infections Red Eye/Pink Eye Renal Tubular Acidosis Rheumatic Fever Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Screening for Anemia Screening for Genetic-Metabolic Diseases Screening for Lead Poisoning Scrotal Swelling and Pain Seborrheic Dermatitis Seizure Disorders Self-Harm Self-Stimulating Behaviors Septic Arthritis Sexual Abuse of Children Sexually Transmitted Infections Short Stature Sinusitis Sleep Disturbances Speech and Language Concerns Spina Bifida Spinal Deformities Splenomegaly Sports Injuries Stomatitis Stridor Substance Use Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Young Children (Birth to 5) Syncope Temper Tantrums and Breath-Holding Spells Tics Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Torticollis Turner Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome Urinary Tract Infections Vaginal Bleeding Vaginal Discharge Verrucae (Warts) Vitamin D Inadequacy Vomiting Weight Loss Wheezing

About the Author :
Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, is professor of pediatrics and the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University, and Designated Institutional Official Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Dr. Kamat has been honored with “Teacher of the Year” awards by medical students and residents on multiple occasions. In 2009, he received the Wayne State University Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award. and in 2010 he received the National AAP Education Award/ Dr. Kamat is an editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care and Pediatric Care Online. He is also editor-in-chief of the AAP Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care and Challenging cases in Pediatric Diagnosis. He is the co-editor of the AAP Textbook of Global Child Health. He is editor for the Index of Suspicion in Pediatrics in Review. He has been a member of Pediatric RC of ACGME for last 6 years and also served as the vice chair of the committee for the last 18 months.

Review :
“This is an extraordinarily helpful, practical, concise, go-to resource for busy pediatric providers. It covers an extensive list of varied topics, signs, and symptoms and is written in a manner that likely will make it a trusted real-time resource.” — Maria Alcocer Alkureishi, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal Winner!