Manual of ambulatory pediatrics / Rose W. Boynton [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boynton, Rose W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatrics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pediatrics.

Ambulatory medical care for children--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Ambulatory medical care for children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This pocket-sized manual is a concise, ready reference for well-child care, a compilation of the most common management problems seen in an average pediatric practice, and a drug reference. Part I provides comprehensive guidelines for well-child visits from birth to adolescence along wth management guidelines for common childrearing issues. This part has a new, more streamlined format in the Sixth Edition with an emphasis on prevention. Part II provides management protocols for the most commonly occurring childhood illnesses. This edition includes new material on behavioral problems and common childrearing concerns, childhood obesity, food allergies, ADHD, sleep problems, and peer pressure. Part III provides a concise review of commonly used pharmaceuticals in pediatric practice, using both generic and trade names.

Contents:

Well child care / Geraldine R. Stephens and Joyce Pulcini

Management of common pediatric problems / Elizabeth S. Dunn and Sherri St. Pierre

Drug index / Rose W. Boynton.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4511-4811-9

1-4698-6503-3

1-4511-5991-9

OCLC:

424552519