Red Book: 2012 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 158110703X ISBN 13: 9781581107036

Casa editrice: Amer Academy of Pediatrics, 2012

Riassunto

Developed by the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases in conjunction with the CDC, the FDA, and other leading institutions with contributions from hundreds of physicians nationwide, the newly revised and updated 2012Red Book continues the tradition of excellence with the latest findings and clinical recommendations on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 childhood conditions.

Updated information and recommendations include:

- Standardized approach to disease prevention through immunizations, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and infection control practices have been updated throughout
- 2012 childhood and adolescent immunization schedules added
- Updated information on hypersensitivity reactions after immunizations
- The latest on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in adolescents and children
- Updated coverage of adenovirus, arbovirus, candidiasis, clostridium infections,Clostridium difficle, cyclosporiasis, cytomegalovirus, enteroviruses, Escherichia coli, diarrhea, human calicivirus infections, meningococcal infections, pediculosis capitis, pertussis, pneumococcal infections, rotavirus, and more
- Updated information on hepatitis A and B
- New chapter on dengue
- Updated information on group B streptococcal infections
- Updated section on drugs for parasitic infections
- Significantly revised chapters on herpes simplex and HIV infection
- Recommendations for using MMR or MMRV vaccines have been updated
- Recommendations for screening females for HPV infection and for immunizing females and males with HPV vaccine are provided
- And much more!

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Product Description:

Consult the gold standard ID problem-solver. Extending a 7 decade tradition of excellence, the 2012 Red Book provides page after page of "must-know" information and practice-proven guidelines for state-of-the-art pediatric care. Turn here for today's most up to date, most reliable, most clinically useful findings on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 childhood infectious diseases. Stay in step with all the latest and best. The new 29th edition's timely, topical coverage spans immunization...school health...blood safety...STIs...drug therapy...antimicrobial prophylaxis...diseases from anthrax and smallpox to West Nile virus, tuberculosis, influenza, and pneumococcal infections...plus much more. Rely on today's most trustworthy sources. Developed by the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases, the Red Book includes contributions from hundreds of experienced practitioners. And its content is carefully reviewed by the CDC and FDA. So it is a resource you can always use with total confidence.

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• Editore: Amer Academy of Pediatrics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 158110703X
• ISBN 13: 9781581107036
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1000
• Redattore: Pickering Larry K. M.d., Baker Carol J. M.D., Kimberlin David W. M.D., Long Sarah S. M.D.