Current Diagnosis & Treatment
Subtitle: Pediatrics
By: edited by William W. Hay, Jr. [and others]
Edition: 21st ed.
Series: Lange medical book; Lange medical book
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1452
ISBN-13: 9780071779708
Subjects: Pediatrics; Handbooks, manuals; Children; Diseases; Treatment; Diagnosis; Pédiatrie; Guides, manuels; Enfants; Maladies; Traitement; Diagnostic; Therapeutics
Other titles: Current Diagnosis and Treatment : Pediatrics
Description: This 21st editon delivers concise, up-to-date, and clinically relevant coverage of how to assess and treat common disorders in children. Known as the on-the-go guide to pediatrics, the book features the easy-to-follow LANGE CURRENT outline presentation, which consists of: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment, Clinical Features, Treatment, Prognosis. Written by experienced pediatricians to ensure that every chapter reflects the needs and realities of day-to-day practice, this is an essential resource for pediatricians, family practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners, and the critical care unit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Advancing the quality and safety of care  -- Daniel Hyman; title: The newborn infant  -- Elizabeth H. Thilo; title: Child development & behavior  -- Edward Goldson; title: Adolescence  -- Amy E. Sass; title: Adolescent substance abuse  -- Paritosh Kaul; title: Eating disorders  -- Eric J. Sigel; title: Child & adolescent psychiatric disorders & psychosocial aspects of pediatrics  -- Brian Stafford; title: Child abuse & neglect  -- Antonia Chiesa; title: Ambulatory & office pediatrics  -- Maya Bunik; title: Immunization  -- Matthew F. Daley; title: Normal childhood nutrition & its disorders  -- Matthew Haemer; title: Emergencies & injuries  -- Maria J. Mandt; title: Poisoning  -- Barry H. Rumack; title: Critical care  -- Joseph A. Albietz III; title: Skin  -- Joseph G. Morelli; title: Eye  -- Rebecca Sands Braverman; title: Oral medicine & dentistry  -- Ulrich Klein; title: Ear, nose, & throat  -- Patricia J. Yoon; title: Respiratory tract & mediastinum  -- Monica J. Federico; title: Cardiovascular diseases  -- Jeffrey R. Darst; title: Gastrointestinal tract  -- Shikha S. Sundaram; title: Liver & pancreas  -- Ronald J. Sokol; title: Fluid, electrolyte, & acid-base disorders & therapy  -- Douglas M. Ford; title: Kidney & urinary tract  -- Gary M. Lum; title: Neurologic & muscular disorders  -- Timothy J. Bernard; title: Orthopedics  -- Mark A. Erickson; title: Sports medicine  -- Quynh B. Hoang; title: Rehabilitation medicine  -- Pamela E. Wilson; title: Rheumatic diseases  -- Jennifer B. Soep; title: Hematologic disorders  -- Daniel R. Ambruso; title: Neoplastic disease  -- Doug K. Graham; title: Pain management & pediatric palliative & end-of-life care  -- Brian S. Greffe; title: Immunodeficiency  -- Pia J. Hauk; title: Endocrine disorders  -- Philip S. Zeitler; title: Diabetes mellitus  -- Marian Rewers; title: Inborn errors of metabolism  -- Janet A. Thomas; title: Genetics & dysmorphology  -- Anne Chun-Hui Tsai; title: Allergic disorders  -- Ronina A. Covar; title: Antimicrobial therapy  -- John W. Ogle; title: Infections: viral & rickettsial  -- Myron J. Levin; title: Human immunodeficiency virus infection  -- Elizabeth J. McFarland; title: Infections: bacterial & spirochetal  -- John W. Ogle; title: Infections: parasitic & mycotic  -- Samuel R. Dominguez; title: Sexually transmitted infections  -- Daniel H. Reirden; title: Travel medicine  -- Suchitra Rao; title: Chemistry & hematology reference intervals -- Georgette Siparsky.