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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446347703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Wolters Kluwer, 2016

Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer, , [2016]

�2016

ISBN

1-4963-3101-X

1-4963-7506-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 673 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

618.92

Soggetti

Pediatrics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.