The Washington manual of pediatrics / editor, Andrew J. White, MD, Assistant Professor and Program Director of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

White, Andrew, 1964 March 17- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatrics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pediatrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 673 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Manual of pediatrics

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2016.

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides information for caring for children in the hospital, ICU, emergency department, and subspecialty outpatient clinics. It presents approaches to diagnosis and treatment of common inpatient pediatric problems, as well as evidence-based references where available. Discusses the challenges physicians face and offers practical solutions and expert guidance. New chapters include Development Milestones, Child Maltreatment, and Patient Safety/Quality Improvement.

Contents:

1. Common topics / Tara Conway Copper and Carrie Nalisnick

2. Growth and nutrition / Tara Conway Copper and Carrie Nalisnick

3. Fluid and electrolyte management / Tara Conway Copper and Carrie Nalisnick

4. Emergencies / Kate Kernan and Robert M. (Bo) Kennedy

5. Poisonings / Robert M. (Bo) Kennedy and Erin E. Casey

6. Basic orthopedics / Kathryn B. Leonard, Christopher O'Boynick, and Robert M. (Bo) Kennedy

7. Neonatology / Akshaya J. Vachharajani and Amit M. Mathur

8. Critical care / Ashley L. Steed and Nikoleta S. Kolovos

9. Surgery / Kathryn Q. Bernabe and Brad W. Warner

10. Adolescent medicine / Sarah Mermelstein, Sarah Tycast, and Kathryn L. Plax

11. Developmental and behavioral pediatrics / Paul S. Simons and DePorres Cormier, II

12. Child maltreatment / Adrienne D. Atzemis and Jamie S. Kondis

13. Allergic diseases and asthma / Leonard B. Bacharier [and five others]

14. Cardiology / Mark C. Johnson and Jennifer N. A. Silva

15. Dermatologic diseases / Kara Sternhell-Blackwell, Monique Gupta Kumar, and Susan J. Bayliss

16. Genetic diseases / Dustin Baldridge and Dorothy Grange

17. Gastroenterology / David A. Rudnick and Robert J. Rothbaum

18. Endocrinology / Ana Maria Arbelaez [and three others]

19. Hematology and oncology / Melanie E. Fields and David Wilson

20. Infectious diseases / Andrew B. Janowski, David A. Hunstad, and Stephanie A. Fritz

21. Neurologic diseases / Alexander Fay, Kristin P. Guilliams, and Christina A. Gurnett

22. Pulmonary diseases / Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric and Leonard B. Bacharier

23. Rheumatologic diseases / Megan A. Cooper and Andrew J. White

24. Renal diseases / Anne Marie Beck

25. Radiology / Kiran M. Sargar and William H. McAlister

26. Sedation / Lynne M. Sterni, Mythili Srinivasan, and Robert M. (Bo) Kennedy

27. Patient safety and quality improvement / Peter Michelson and Kevin O'Bryan.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496331014

149633101X

9781496375063

1496375068

OCLC:

942719782