Evidence-based Pediatrics and Child Health 2e oBook
Published on 16. November 2007
Software
Other digital
608 pages
978-0-470-98738-4 (ISBN)
Description
Evidence Based Pediatrics and Child Health is a ground-breaking new text on pediatrics and child care management, using evidence based approach. It covers all the major childhood conditions and contains the features of both a handbook and a reference text. Each chapter combines both advice on management and how best to practice evidence based medicine with reviews of all the available evidence in a specific area. The goal of the book is to help pediatricians and others who care for children to provide the best possible care by combining the best, most current evidence with special circumstances of each individual patient.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1728 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-98738-4 (9780470987384)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Virginia Moyer | Elizabeth Elliott
Evidence-Based Pediatrics and Child Health with CD-ROM
E-Book
05/2008
2nd Edition
BMJ Books
€172.99
Available for download
Content
The long view of EBM. Framing questions. Searching for the evidence. Assessing baseline risk and prognosis. Diagnostic tests/screening. Therapy. Causation, harm. Predigested evidence: syntheses. Strength of evidence, evidence scales. Clinical measurement, clinical disagreement. Quality of life. Qualitative research. Complementary and alternative medicine. Communicating evidence to patients - shared decision-making. Informatics. Keeping up/continuing education. Applying the evidence. The well child exam: monitoring and case-finding. newborn hearing screening. Assessment of development. Immunizations. Injury prevention and control. Childhood obesity. Smoking cessation. SIDS. Fever in the young infant. Fever without focus. Febrile seizures. Meningitis. Asthma. Croup. Bronchiolitis. Otitis Media. Gastrooesophageal reflux in infants. Gastrooesophageal reflux in adolescents. Constipation. Gatroenteritis. Appendicitis. Wound repair and tissue adhesives. Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. Enuresis. UTI. Diabetes. Short stature. ADHD. Cerebral palsy. Neonatal apnea. Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Neonatal encephalopathy. Pain control in the neonate. Neonatal abstinance syndrome. Cognitive outcomes in very preterm infants