Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care (Volume 1)

Kamat MD PhD FAAP, Dr. Deepak M.

ISBN 10: 1610021118 / ISBN 13: 9781610021111

Editore: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017

Riguardo questo articolo

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Codice articolo S_412560093

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care (Volume 1)
• Editore: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1610021118
• ISBN 13: 9781610021111
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Edizione: seconda edizione
• Condizione: Good

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

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 headache and herpes infections, to weight loss and wheezing. This indispensable resource delivers practical, action-oriented 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...

L'autore

Editor In Chief: Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP

Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP, received his MD and PhD from the University of Bombay, India and then completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric immunology and bone marrow transplant at the University of Minnesota. He also served as the program director for the combined Medicine/Pediatrics program at the University of Minnesota.

Currently, he is a professor at the Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics at the Childrens Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University. He is also the vice chair of education, director of the Institute of Medical Education, and program director for the International Health Pathway and Pediatric Global Health Certificate program. Dr Kamat is honored with many teaching awards by medical students and residents at the University of Minnesota, at West Virginia University, and at the Childrens Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State University. He practices general pediatrics, clinical immunology, and international health.

Dr Kamat is the lead editor of the Point-of-Care Quick Reference on Pediatric Care Online™. He is appointed editor of the Index of Suspicion Section of Pediatrics in Review from July 2008, and he is an associate editor of the AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care.