Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care

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

Adjustment disorder
Anxiety
Ataxia
Coagulation disorders
Cyanosis
Dental problems
Depression
Drug interactions and adverse effects
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Hemangiomas
Hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, and hypercalcuria
Inattention
Inflammatory bowel disease
Klinefelter syndrome
Learning difficulty
Learning disorders
Metabolic disorders beyond the newborn period
Munchausen syndrome by proxy: medical child abuse
Neural tube defects
Oppositional defiant disorder
Pancreatitis
Papulosquamous disease
Pierre-Robin syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Screening for genetic-metabolic diseases
Self-harm
Sexual abuse of children
Sleep disturbances
Speech and language concerns
Substance use
Symptoms of emotional disturbances in young children (birth to 5)
Temper tantrums and breath-holding spells
Turner syndrome and Noonan syndrome
Vitamin D inadequacy