Description

Book Synopsis
The reference of choice for pediatricians, residents and medical students, the newly revised and expanded 6th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance on the core knowledge in pediatrics. Edited by a leading primary care authority with more than one hundred contributors, the 6th edition provides comprehensive coverage of hundreds of topics ranging from temper tantrums and toilet training to adolescent depression and suicide.

More than 155 (including 5 brand new) clinical chapters review pertinent epidemiology and pathophysiology, then give concise guidelines on what symptoms to look for, what alternative diagnoses to consider, what tests to order, and how to treat your patient.

New in the 6th edition
  • All chapters have been reviewed and updated to address current issues.
  • Five new chapters are included on the following:
    • Health Systems Science
    • Population Health for Pediatricians
    • Social Determinants of Health: Principles
    • Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma Informed Care
    • Commercially Exploited Children and Human Trafficking
    • Student worksheets corresponding to each chapter's case study questions will be posted online in a user-friendly format so that they can be completed in preparation of discussions.
    • Case study questions have been enhanced; resources, revised; and acronyms added as an appendix.
    • This edition is completely reorganized into 15 sections using a systems-based approach.


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Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Section I: Primary Care: Skills and Concepts
  • Chapter 1. Primary Care: Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Talking with Parents
  • Chapter 3. Talking with Children
  • Chapter 4. Talking with Adolescents
  • Chapter 5. Telephone Management and E-Medicine
  • Chapter 6. Informatics
  • Chapter 7. Counseling Families about Internet Use
  • Chapter 8. Cultural Competency Issues in Pediatrics
  • Chapter 9. Global Child Health
  • Chapter 10. Child Advocacy
  • Section II: Principles of Health Care and Pediatric Management
  • Chapter 11. Health Systems Science
  • Chapter 12. Population Health for Pediatricians
  • Chapter 13. Principles of Pediatric Therapeutics
  • Chapter 14. Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management
  • Chapter 15. Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Pediatric Primary Care
  • Chapter 16. Principles of Pediatric Surgery
  • Chapter 17. Image Gently Approach to Pediatric Imaging
  • Chapter 18. Simulation in Pediatric Health Care
  • Chapter 19. Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Chapter 20. Pediatric Genomic Medicine
  • Chapter 21. Principles of Quality Improvement: Improving Health Care for Pediatric Patients
  • Chapter 22. Pediatric Palliative Care: Principles and Practice
  • Section III: Health Maintenance and Anticipatory Guidance
  • Chapter 23. Neonatal Examination and Nursery Visit
  • Chapter 24. Maternal Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: The Role of the Pediatrician
  • Chapter 25. Newborn Screening
  • Chapter 26. Caring for Twins and Higher-Order Multiples
  • Chapter 27. Male Circumcision
  • Chapter 28. Nutritional Needs
  • Chapter 29. Breastfeeding
  • Chapter 30. Sleep: Normal Patterns and Common Disorders
  • Chapter 31. Oral Health and Dental Disorders
  • Chapter 32. Normal Development and Developmental Surveillance, Screening, and Evaluation
  • Chapter 33. Speech and Language Development: Normal Patterns and Common Disorders
  • Chapter 34. Literacy Promotion in Pediatrics
  • Chapter 35. Gifted Children
  • Chapter 36. Children and School: A Primer for the Practitioner
  • Chapter 37. Immunizations
  • Chapter 38. Health Maintenance in Older Children and Adolescents
  • Chapter 39. Health Care of International Adoptees
  • Chapter 40. Health Care Needs of Children in Foster Care
  • Chapter 41. Working with Immigrant Children and Their Families
  • Chapter 42. Well Child Care for Children with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)
  • Chapter 43. Well-Child Care for Preterm Infants
  • Chapter 44. Care of Children with Special Health Care Needs
  • Chapter 45. Injury Prevention
  • Chapter 46. Fostering Self-Esteem
  • Chapter 47. Sibling Rivalry
  • Chapter 48. Toilet Training
  • Chapter 49. Crying and Colic
  • Chapter 50. Discipline
  • Chapter 51. Temper Tantrums
  • Chapter 52. Breath-Holding Spells
  • Chapter 53. Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety
  • Chapter 54. Thumb Sucking and Other Habits
  • Chapter 55. Enuresis
  • Chapter 56. Encopresis
  • Section IV: Adolescent Health
  • Chapter 57. Culturally Competent Care for Diverse Populations: Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
  • Chapter 58. Reproductive Health
  • Chapter 59. Vaginitis
  • Chapter 60. Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Chapter 61. Menstrual Disorders
  • Chapter 62. Disorders of the Breast
  • Chapter 63. Substance Use/Abuse
  • Chapter 64. Eating Disorders
  • Chapter 65. Body Modifications: Tattooing and Body Piercing
  • Chapter 66. Depression and Suicide in Adolescents
  • Section V: Acute and Emergent Problems
  • Chapter 67. Fever and Bacteremia
  • Chapter 68. Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Chapter 69. Febrile Seizures
  • Chapter 70. Respiratory Distress
  • Chapter 71. Stridor and Croup
  • Chapter 72. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Brief Resolved Unexplained Events
  • Chapter 73. Syncope
  • Chapter 74. Shock
  • Chapter 75. Approach to the Traumatized Child
  • Chapter 76. Abdominal Trauma
  • Chapter 77. Acute Abdomen (Appendicitis)
  • Chapter 78. Head Trauma
  • Chapter 79. Increased Intracranial Pressure
  • Chapter 80. Management of Dehydration in Children: Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
  • Chapter 81. Acute Kidney Injury
  • Chapter 82. Ingestions: Diagnosis and Management
  • Chapter 83. Disaster Preparedness
  • Chapter 84. Approach to the Child With Dysmorphism
  • Section VI: Head, Neck, and Respiratory System
  • Chapter 85. Craniofacial Anomalies
  • Chapter 86. Common Oral Lesions
  • Chapter 87. Otitis Media
  • Chapter 88. Hearing Impairments
  • Chapter 89. Sore Throat
  • Chapter 90. Nosebleeds
  • Chapter 91. Strabismus
  • Chapter 92. Infections of the Eye
  • Chapter 93. Excessive Tearing
  • Chapter 94. Neck Masses
  • Chapter 95. Allergic Disease
  • Chapter 96. Wheezing and Asthma
  • Chapter 97. Cough
  • Section VII: Hematologic Disorders
  • Chapter 98. Anemia
  • Chapter 99. Bleeding Disorders
  • Chapter 100. Lymphadenopathy
  • Section VIII: Cardiovascular System
  • Chapter 101. Heart Murmurs
  • Chapter 102. Palpitations
  • Chapter 103. Cyanosis in The Newborn
  • Chapter 104. Congestive Heart Failure
  • Chapter 105. Chest Pain
  • Chapter 106. Hypertension
  • Section IX: Genitourinary Disorders
  • Chapter 107. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation
  • Chapter 108. Inguinal Lumps and Bumps
  • Chapter 109. Hematuria
  • Chapter 110. Proteinuria
  • Chapter 111. Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Chapter 112. Urinary Tract Infections
  • Section X: Orthopedic Disorders
  • Chapter 113. Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
  • Chapter 114. In-toeing and Out-toeing: Rotational Problems of the Lower Extremity
  • Chapter 115. Angular Deformities of the Lower Extremity: Bowlegs and Knock-Knees
  • Chapter 116. Orthopedic Injuries and Growing Pains
  • Chapter 117. Sports-Related Acute Injuries
  • Chapter 118. Evaluation of Limp
  • Chapter 119. Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck and Back
  • Section XI: Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Chapter 120. Vomiting
  • Chapter 121. Gastroesophageal Reflux
  • Chapter 122. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • Chapter 123. Diarrhea
  • Chapter 124. Constipation
  • Chapter 125. Abdominal Pain
  • Chapter 126. Jaundice
  • Chapter 127. Viral Hepatitis
  • Section XII: Neuropsychiatric Disorders
  • Chapter 128. Hypotonia
  • Chapter 129. Headaches
  • Chapter 130. Tics
  • Chapter 131. Seizures and Epilepsy
  • Chapter 132. Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Chapter 133. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Chapter 134. Psychopharmacology in Children
  • Section XIII: Dermatologic Disorders
  • Chapter 135. Acne
  • Chapter 136. Disorders of the Hair and Scalp
  • Chapter 137. Diaper Dermatitis
  • Chapter 138. Papulosquamous Eruptions
  • Chapter 139. Morbilliform Rashes
  • Chapter 140. Vesicular Exanthems
  • Section XIV: Social Determinants of Health
  • Chapter 141. Social Determinants of Health: Principles
  • Chapter 142. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma Informed Care
  • Chapter 143. Commercially Exploited Children and Human Trafficking
  • Chapter 144. Physical Abuse
  • Chapter 145. Sexual Abuse
  • Chapter 146. Failure to Thrive
  • Chapter 147. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Chapter 148. Infants of Substance Using Mothers
  • Chapter 149. Divorce
  • Chapter 150. School-Related Violence and Bullying
  • Chapter 151. Intimate Partner Violence
  • Section XV: Chronic Diseases of Childhood and Adolescence
  • Chapter 152. Cancer in Children
  • Chapter 153. Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Chapter 154. Diabetes Mellitus
  • Chapter 155. Childhood Obesity
  • Chapter 156. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Benign Joint Pains of Childhood
  • Chapter 157. Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
  • Appendix: List of Acronyms

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        Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
        Publication Date: 30/06/2020
        ISBN13: 9781610023726, 978-1610023726
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        The reference of choice for pediatricians, residents and medical students, the newly revised and expanded 6th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance on the core knowledge in pediatrics. Edited by a leading primary care authority with more than one hundred contributors, the 6th edition provides comprehensive coverage of hundreds of topics ranging from temper tantrums and toilet training to adolescent depression and suicide.

        More than 155 (including 5 brand new) clinical chapters review pertinent epidemiology and pathophysiology, then give concise guidelines on what symptoms to look for, what alternative diagnoses to consider, what tests to order, and how to treat your patient.

        New in the 6th edition
        • All chapters have been reviewed and updated to address current issues.
        • Five new chapters are included on the following:
          • Health Systems Science
          • Population Health for Pediatricians
          • Social Determinants of Health: Principles
          • Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma Informed Care
          • Commercially Exploited Children and Human Trafficking
          • Student worksheets corresponding to each chapter's case study questions will be posted online in a user-friendly format so that they can be completed in preparation of discussions.
          • Case study questions have been enhanced; resources, revised; and acronyms added as an appendix.
          • This edition is completely reorganized into 15 sections using a systems-based approach.


        Trade Review
        A 2023 Doody’s Core Title®

        Table of Contents
        • Preface
        • Section I: Primary Care: Skills and Concepts
        • Chapter 1. Primary Care: Introduction
        • Chapter 2. Talking with Parents
        • Chapter 3. Talking with Children
        • Chapter 4. Talking with Adolescents
        • Chapter 5. Telephone Management and E-Medicine
        • Chapter 6. Informatics
        • Chapter 7. Counseling Families about Internet Use
        • Chapter 8. Cultural Competency Issues in Pediatrics
        • Chapter 9. Global Child Health
        • Chapter 10. Child Advocacy
        • Section II: Principles of Health Care and Pediatric Management
        • Chapter 11. Health Systems Science
        • Chapter 12. Population Health for Pediatricians
        • Chapter 13. Principles of Pediatric Therapeutics
        • Chapter 14. Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management
        • Chapter 15. Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Pediatric Primary Care
        • Chapter 16. Principles of Pediatric Surgery
        • Chapter 17. Image Gently Approach to Pediatric Imaging
        • Chapter 18. Simulation in Pediatric Health Care
        • Chapter 19. Pediatric Hospital Medicine
        • Chapter 20. Pediatric Genomic Medicine
        • Chapter 21. Principles of Quality Improvement: Improving Health Care for Pediatric Patients
        • Chapter 22. Pediatric Palliative Care: Principles and Practice
        • Section III: Health Maintenance and Anticipatory Guidance
        • Chapter 23. Neonatal Examination and Nursery Visit
        • Chapter 24. Maternal Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: The Role of the Pediatrician
        • Chapter 25. Newborn Screening
        • Chapter 26. Caring for Twins and Higher-Order Multiples
        • Chapter 27. Male Circumcision
        • Chapter 28. Nutritional Needs
        • Chapter 29. Breastfeeding
        • Chapter 30. Sleep: Normal Patterns and Common Disorders
        • Chapter 31. Oral Health and Dental Disorders
        • Chapter 32. Normal Development and Developmental Surveillance, Screening, and Evaluation
        • Chapter 33. Speech and Language Development: Normal Patterns and Common Disorders
        • Chapter 34. Literacy Promotion in Pediatrics
        • Chapter 35. Gifted Children
        • Chapter 36. Children and School: A Primer for the Practitioner
        • Chapter 37. Immunizations
        • Chapter 38. Health Maintenance in Older Children and Adolescents
        • Chapter 39. Health Care of International Adoptees
        • Chapter 40. Health Care Needs of Children in Foster Care
        • Chapter 41. Working with Immigrant Children and Their Families
        • Chapter 42. Well Child Care for Children with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)
        • Chapter 43. Well-Child Care for Preterm Infants
        • Chapter 44. Care of Children with Special Health Care Needs
        • Chapter 45. Injury Prevention
        • Chapter 46. Fostering Self-Esteem
        • Chapter 47. Sibling Rivalry
        • Chapter 48. Toilet Training
        • Chapter 49. Crying and Colic
        • Chapter 50. Discipline
        • Chapter 51. Temper Tantrums
        • Chapter 52. Breath-Holding Spells
        • Chapter 53. Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety
        • Chapter 54. Thumb Sucking and Other Habits
        • Chapter 55. Enuresis
        • Chapter 56. Encopresis
        • Section IV: Adolescent Health
        • Chapter 57. Culturally Competent Care for Diverse Populations: Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
        • Chapter 58. Reproductive Health
        • Chapter 59. Vaginitis
        • Chapter 60. Sexually Transmitted Infections
        • Chapter 61. Menstrual Disorders
        • Chapter 62. Disorders of the Breast
        • Chapter 63. Substance Use/Abuse
        • Chapter 64. Eating Disorders
        • Chapter 65. Body Modifications: Tattooing and Body Piercing
        • Chapter 66. Depression and Suicide in Adolescents
        • Section V: Acute and Emergent Problems
        • Chapter 67. Fever and Bacteremia
        • Chapter 68. Emerging Infectious Diseases
        • Chapter 69. Febrile Seizures
        • Chapter 70. Respiratory Distress
        • Chapter 71. Stridor and Croup
        • Chapter 72. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Brief Resolved Unexplained Events
        • Chapter 73. Syncope
        • Chapter 74. Shock
        • Chapter 75. Approach to the Traumatized Child
        • Chapter 76. Abdominal Trauma
        • Chapter 77. Acute Abdomen (Appendicitis)
        • Chapter 78. Head Trauma
        • Chapter 79. Increased Intracranial Pressure
        • Chapter 80. Management of Dehydration in Children: Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
        • Chapter 81. Acute Kidney Injury
        • Chapter 82. Ingestions: Diagnosis and Management
        • Chapter 83. Disaster Preparedness
        • Chapter 84. Approach to the Child With Dysmorphism
        • Section VI: Head, Neck, and Respiratory System
        • Chapter 85. Craniofacial Anomalies
        • Chapter 86. Common Oral Lesions
        • Chapter 87. Otitis Media
        • Chapter 88. Hearing Impairments
        • Chapter 89. Sore Throat
        • Chapter 90. Nosebleeds
        • Chapter 91. Strabismus
        • Chapter 92. Infections of the Eye
        • Chapter 93. Excessive Tearing
        • Chapter 94. Neck Masses
        • Chapter 95. Allergic Disease
        • Chapter 96. Wheezing and Asthma
        • Chapter 97. Cough
        • Section VII: Hematologic Disorders
        • Chapter 98. Anemia
        • Chapter 99. Bleeding Disorders
        • Chapter 100. Lymphadenopathy
        • Section VIII: Cardiovascular System
        • Chapter 101. Heart Murmurs
        • Chapter 102. Palpitations
        • Chapter 103. Cyanosis in The Newborn
        • Chapter 104. Congestive Heart Failure
        • Chapter 105. Chest Pain
        • Chapter 106. Hypertension
        • Section IX: Genitourinary Disorders
        • Chapter 107. Disorders of Sexual Differentiation
        • Chapter 108. Inguinal Lumps and Bumps
        • Chapter 109. Hematuria
        • Chapter 110. Proteinuria
        • Chapter 111. Nephrotic Syndrome
        • Chapter 112. Urinary Tract Infections
        • Section X: Orthopedic Disorders
        • Chapter 113. Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
        • Chapter 114. In-toeing and Out-toeing: Rotational Problems of the Lower Extremity
        • Chapter 115. Angular Deformities of the Lower Extremity: Bowlegs and Knock-Knees
        • Chapter 116. Orthopedic Injuries and Growing Pains
        • Chapter 117. Sports-Related Acute Injuries
        • Chapter 118. Evaluation of Limp
        • Chapter 119. Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck and Back
        • Section XI: Gastrointestinal Disorders
        • Chapter 120. Vomiting
        • Chapter 121. Gastroesophageal Reflux
        • Chapter 122. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
        • Chapter 123. Diarrhea
        • Chapter 124. Constipation
        • Chapter 125. Abdominal Pain
        • Chapter 126. Jaundice
        • Chapter 127. Viral Hepatitis
        • Section XII: Neuropsychiatric Disorders
        • Chapter 128. Hypotonia
        • Chapter 129. Headaches
        • Chapter 130. Tics
        • Chapter 131. Seizures and Epilepsy
        • Chapter 132. Autism Spectrum Disorder
        • Chapter 133. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
        • Chapter 134. Psychopharmacology in Children
        • Section XIII: Dermatologic Disorders
        • Chapter 135. Acne
        • Chapter 136. Disorders of the Hair and Scalp
        • Chapter 137. Diaper Dermatitis
        • Chapter 138. Papulosquamous Eruptions
        • Chapter 139. Morbilliform Rashes
        • Chapter 140. Vesicular Exanthems
        • Section XIV: Social Determinants of Health
        • Chapter 141. Social Determinants of Health: Principles
        • Chapter 142. Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma Informed Care
        • Chapter 143. Commercially Exploited Children and Human Trafficking
        • Chapter 144. Physical Abuse
        • Chapter 145. Sexual Abuse
        • Chapter 146. Failure to Thrive
        • Chapter 147. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
        • Chapter 148. Infants of Substance Using Mothers
        • Chapter 149. Divorce
        • Chapter 150. School-Related Violence and Bullying
        • Chapter 151. Intimate Partner Violence
        • Section XV: Chronic Diseases of Childhood and Adolescence
        • Chapter 152. Cancer in Children
        • Chapter 153. Chronic Kidney Disease
        • Chapter 154. Diabetes Mellitus
        • Chapter 155. Childhood Obesity
        • Chapter 156. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Benign Joint Pains of Childhood
        • Chapter 157. Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
        • Appendix: List of Acronyms

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