Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care

The third edition of this popular quick reference guide delivers practical, action-oriented clinical solutions to use during or between patient encounters. Contains need-to-know information and advice on nearly 200 topic areas of current pediatric care—everything from abdominal pain and asthma to failure to thrive and fever of unknown origin to pneumonia and urinary tract infections. The authoritative AAP content is presented in a concise bulleted format to quickly help you locate information. 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, including emotional and behavioral problems. Order screening/diagnostic tests. Implement evidence-based intervention strategies. Prescribe safe and effective medications. Recommend proven prevention measures. Each topic covers key aspects of pediatric care, including: Definition Differential diagnosis Laboratory evaluation Imaging Diagnostic procedures Treatment approach Specific treatments When to refer When to admit Follow-up Complications Prognosis Prevention

Table of Contents:
Abdominal Pain Acne Acute Flaccid Myelitis Adjustment Disorder Allergic Rhinitis Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies Amenorrhea Anemia and Pallor Animal Bites Anorexia Nervosa Anuria and Oliguria Anxiety and Trauma-related Distress Asthma Ataxia Atopic Dermatitis Autism Spectrum Disorder Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Back Pain Bacterial Skin Infections Brief Resolved Unexplained Event Bronchiolitis Bulimia Nervosa Cardiac Arrhythmias Care of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Trauma and Adversity Cerebral Palsy Chest Pain Coagulation Disorders Colic Constipation Contact Dermatitis Contagious Exanthematous Diseases Cough Cyanosis Cystic and Solid Masses of the Face and Neck Cystic Fibrosis Dehydration Dental Problems Depressive Symptoms Diabetes Mellitus Diaper Rash Disorders of Sex Development Dizziness and Vertigo Down Syndrome Drug Eruptions Drug Interactions and Adverse Effects Dysmenorrhea Dysphagia Dyspnea Dysuria Edema Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Children Younger Than 5 Years 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 Disease) Headache Hearing Loss Heart Murmurs Hematuria Hemoglobinopathies and Sickle Cell Disease Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Hemoptysis Henoch-Schonlein Purpura Hepatitis Hepatomegaly Herpes Simplex Viruses Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development HIV Infection and AIDS Hoarseness Human Herpesvirus 6A, 6B, and 7 Infections Hydrocephalus Hyperhidrosis Hypertension Hyperthyroidism Hypocalcemia, Hypercalcemia, and Hypercalciuria Hypospadias, Epispadias, and Cryptorchism Hypothyroidism Hypotonia Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura Immunizations Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity Infantile Hemangiomas 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 Limp Loss of Appetite Lyme Disease Lymphadenopathy Macrocephaly Medical Child Abuse (formerly Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy) Meningitis Meningoencephalitis Metabolic Disorders Beyond the Newborn Period Microcephaly Mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr Infections Mosquito-borne Diseases Muscular Dystrophy Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Nephritis Nephrotic Syndrome Neural Tube Defects Neurocutaneous Syndromes Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Odor (Unusual Urine and Body) Osteomyelitis Otitis Externa Otitis Media Papulosquamous Disease Pediatric Palliative Care Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Petechiae and Purpura Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis Phimosis Pierre-Robin Sequence 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 Scoliosis Screening for Anemia Screening for Genetic-Metabolic Diseases Screening for Lead Poisoning Scrotal Swelling and Pain Seborrheic Dermatitis Seizure Disorders Self-Injury Self-Stimulating Behaviors Septic Arthritis Sexual Abuse of Children Sexually Transmitted Infections Short Stature Sinusitis Sleep Disturbances Sleep-related Infant Death Speech and Language Concerns Spina Bifida Spinal Deformities Splenomegaly Sports Medicine Stomatitis Stridor Syncope Temper Tantrums and Breath-Holding Spells Tics Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Torticollis Turner Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome Urinary Tract Infections Use of Substances Vaccine Hesitancy Vaginal Bleeding Vaginal Discharge Verrucae (Warts) Vitamin D Inadequacy Vomiting Weight Loss Wheezing Index

About the Author :
Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP is professor of pediatrics, as well as vice chair of academic affairs, in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. He received his medical and doctorate degrees from University of Bombay, India, and then completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship training in immunology at the University of Minnesota. He is board-certified in pediatrics and in clinical and laboratory immunology.   Dr Kamat served as professor of pediatrics and vice chair of education in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University and designated institutional official for the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Dr Kamat also served as director of the combined Medicine Pediatric Residency program at the University of Minnesota and as director of the Pediatric Residency Program at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He developed an international pathway for residents at the University of Minnesota and at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He 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, in 2010 he received the national AAP Education Award, and in 2012 he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the president of Wayne State University. He served on the Pediatric Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for 6 years and was also vice chair of this committee for 2 years.   Dr Kamat is active in multiple national and international medical societies. He has authored and coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, review articles, book chapters, and case reports. He serves on the editorial board of 3 journals and as ad hoc manuscript reviewer for many others. He is an editor of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) first textbook, AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care. He is editor in chief of the editorial board for the AAP web site Pediatric Care Online, as well as for the Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care. He is coeditor of the AAP publications Textbook of Global Child Health and Common Cardiac Issues in Pediatrics. In addition, he edited Challenging Cases in Pediatric Diagnosis, also published by the AAP.