American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care

American Academy of Pediatrics TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRIC CARE Editors Page AAP Staff Dedication Foreword Introduction Contributors List Contents Part 1 Delivering Pediatric Health Care Chapter 1: HEALTH CARE DELIVERYSYSTEM Chapter 2: PEDIATRICIAN ANDHEALTH CARE FINANCE Chapter 3: PRACTICE ORGANIZATION Chapter 4: ELECTRONIC HEALTHRECORD AND WEB-BASEDRESOURCES Chapter 5: EVIDENCE-BASEDMEDICINE Chapter 6: QUALITY IMPROVEMENTIN PEDIATRIC PRIMARYCARE Chapter 7: CHILD HEALTHSUPERVISION Chapter 8: MEDICAL HOMECOLLABORATIVE CARE Chapter 9: COMMUNITY-WIDEAPPROACHES TOPROMOTING CHILDHEALTH Chapter 10: CARING FOR FAMILIES NEW TO THE UNITEDSTATES Chapter 11: ETHICAL AND LEGALISSUES FOR THE PRIMARYCARE PHYSICIAN Part 2 Evaluation and Communication Chapter 12: THE PEDIATRIC HISTORY Chapter 13: INTERVIEWING CHILDREN Chapter 14: PEDIATRIC PHYSICALEXAMINATION Chapter 15: PEDIATRIC IMAGING Chaoter 16: DISCLOSING A DIAGNOSISWITH PARENTS ANDPATIENTS Chapter 17: CULTURAL ISSUES INPRIMARY PEDIATRIC CARE Chapter 18: ADHERENCETO PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE RECOMMENDATIONS Chapter 19: ART OF REFERRAL,CONSULTATION,AND COLLABORATIVEMANAGEMENT Chapter 20: HOSPITALIST MEDICINE:COMMUNICATING WITHPATIENTS AND FAMILIES Chapter 21: HOSPITAL CARE Part 3 Principles of Patient Care SECTION 1: Health Promotion Chapter 22: SUPPORTINGDEVELOPMENT OF THEFAMILY Chapter 23: COUNSELING FAMILIESON HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Chapter 24: COMMUNICATIONSTRATEGIES Chapter 25: ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE Chapter 26: FEEDING OF INFANTSAND CHILDREN Chapter 27: NUTRITIONALREQUIREMENTS SECTION 2: Disease Prevention Chapter 28: MORBIDITY ANDMORTALITY AMONGTHE YOUNG Chapter 29: IMMUNIZATIONS Chapter 30: INJURY PREVENTION Chapter 31: VIOLENCE PREVENTION Chapter 32: PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY Chapter 33: PREVENTION OF DENTALCARIES Chapter 34: PREVENTION OF OBESITY Chapter 35: PREVENTION OF SMOKING SECTION 3: Screening and Case Finding Chapter 36: SCREENING: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Chapter 37: PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONAS A SCREENING TOOL Chapter 38: PREPARTICIPATIONPHYSICAL EVALUATION Chapter 39: AUDITORY SCREENING Chapter 40: CARDIOVASCULARSCREENING Chapter 41: SCREENING FOR ANEMIA Chapter 42: VISION SCREENING Chapter 43: IDENTIFICATIONOF DEVELOPMENTALDELAYS AND EARLYINTERVENTION SYSTEM Chapter 44: DEVELOPMENTALSURVEILLANCEAND INTERVENTION Chapter 45: LANGUAGE AND SPEECHASSESSMENT Chapter 46: PSYCHOSOCIALSCREENING Chapter 47: FAMILY SCREENINGAND ASSESSMENTS Chapter 48: RECOGNITIONOF GENETIC-METABOLICDISEASES BY CLINICALDIAGNOSISAND SCREENING Chapter 49: SCREENING AND INITIALMANAGEMENT OF LEADPOISONING Chapter 50: SUBSTANCE USEDISORDERS: EARLYIDENTIFICATIONAND REFERRAL Chapter 51: USE OF URINALYSISAND URINE CULTUREIN SCREENING SECTION 4: Treatment of Disease Chapter 52: THE ILL CHILD Chapter 53: PHYSIOLOGY ANDMANAGEMENT OF FEVER Chapter 54: MANAGEMENT OF ACUTEPAIN IN CHILDREN Chapter 55: MANAGEMENTOF CHRONIC PAININ CHILDREN Chapter 56: SELF-REGULATIONTHERAPIES: HYPNOSISAND BIOFEEDBACK Chapter 57: COMPLEMENTARYAND ALTERNATIVEMEDICAL THERAPIES Chapter 58: BODY FLUIDS,ELECTROLYTECONCENTRATION,AND ACID-BASECOMPOSITION Chapter 59: FLUIDS ANDELECTROLYTESIN CLINICAL PRACTICE Chapter 60: BLOOD PRODUCTSAND THEIR USES Chapter 61: ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY Chapter 62: PREOPERATIVEASSESSMENT Chapter 63: POSTOPERATIVE CARE SECTION 5: Care of the Child With Special Health Care Needs Chapter 64: CHILDREN WITH ONGOINGHEALTH CONDITIONS Chapter 65: HOME HEALTH CARE Chapter 66: PEDIATRICREHABILITATION Chapter 67: PARTNERING WITHFAMILIES IN HOSPITALAND COMMUNITYSETTINGS Chapter 68: SCHOOL-RELATED ISSUESFOR CHILDREN WITHSPECIAL NEEDS SECTION 6: Palliative and End-of-Life Care Chapter 69: PALLIATIVE, END-OF-LIFE,AND BEREAVEMENT CARE Part 4 Maternal and Fetal Perinatal Health: Effect on Pregnancy Outcomes SECTION 1: Perinatal Health Chapter 70: PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS Chapter 71: FETAL INTERVENTIONS Chapter 72: ASSISTIVE REPRODUCTIVETECHNOLOGIES, MULTIPLEBIRTHS, AND PREGNANCYOUTCOMES SECTION 2: Perinatal Care: Caring for the High-Risk Infant Chapter 73: FETAL ASSESSMENT Chapter 74: ASSESSMENTAND STABILIZATIONAT DELIVERY Chapter 75: IDENTIFYING THENEWBORN WHO REQUIRESSPECIALIZED CARE Chapter 76: CARE OF THE SICKOR PREMATURE INFANTBEFORE TRANSPORT Chapter 77: CONTINUINGCARE OF THE INFANTAFTER TRANSFERFROM NEONATALINTENSIVE CARE Chapter 78: DISCHARGE PLANNINGFOR THE HIGH-RISKNEWBORN REQUIRINGINTENSIVE CARE Chapter 79: SUPPORT FOR FAMILIESWHOSE INFANT IS SICKOR DYING: COLLABORATIVEDECISION MAKING Chapter 80: PERINATAL BEREAVEMENT PART 5 Care of the Term and Late Preterm Infant SECTION 1: Assessment and Physical Examination of the Newborn Chapter 81: MEDICAL-LEGALCONSIDERATIONS IN THECARE OF NEWBORNS Chapter 82: MATERNAL MEDICALHISTORY Chapter 83: PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONOF THE NEWBORN Chapter 84: POSTNATAL ASSESSMENTOF COMMON PRENATALSONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS Chapter 85: NEONATAL SKIN Chapter 86: COMMON CONGENITALANOMALIES SECTION 2: Routine Care Issues Chapter 87: PRENATAL VISIT Chapter 88: CARE OF THE NEWBORNAFTER DELIVERY Chapter 89: BREASTFEEDING THENEWBORN Chapter 90: BREASTFEEDING:DRUGS, HERBS, ANDENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS Chapter 91: CIRCUMCISION Chapter 92: CARE OF THE LATEPRETERM INFANT SECTION 3: Discharge Planning and Follow-up Care Chapter 93: HEALTHY NEWBORN DISCHARGE Chapter 94: FOLLOW-UP CARE OF THEHEALTHY NEWBORN Chapter 95: HEALTH ANDDEVELOPMENTALOUTCOMES OF INFANTSREQUIRING NEONATALINTENSIVE CARE Chapter 96: FOLLOW-UP CAREOF THE GRADUATEFROM THE NEONATALINTENSIVE CARE UNIT SECTION 4: Neonatal Medical Conditions Chapter 97: ABNORMALITIESOF FETAL GROWTH Chapter 98: NEONATAL JAUNDICE Chapter 99: RESPIRATORY DISTRESSAND BREATHINGDISORDERSIN THE NEWBORN Chapter 100: EVALUATION OF THEINFANT WITH SUSPECTEDHEART DISEASE Chapter 101: TTHE INFANTWITH SUSPECTEDINFECTION Chapter 102: NEONATAL HEMATOLOGY Chapter 103: PRENATAL DRUG ABUSEAND NEONATAL DRUGWITHDRAWAL SYNDROME Chapter 104: COMMON METABOLICDISTURBANCESIN THE NEWBORN Chapter 105: SPECIFIC CONGENITALMETABOLIC DISORDERS Chapter 106: NEUROLOGICABNORMALITIES PART 6 Psychosocial Issues in Child Health Care SECTION 1: Psychological and Social Development of Children Chapter 107: THEORIES AND CONCEPTSOF DEVELOPMENT Chapter 108: MENTAL HEALTH OF THEYOUNG: AN OVERVIEW Chapter 109: EARLY EDUCATIONAND CHILD CAREPROGRAMS Chapter 110: FAMILY-CENTERED CAREIN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE Chapter 111: PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE DISCIPLINE SECTION 2: Factors Influencing the Psychosocial Health of Children Chapter 112: CHANGING AMERICANFAMILIES Chapter 113: ADOPTION Chapter 114: CHILD CUSTODY Chapter 115: CHILDREN OF DIVORCE Chapter 116: CHILDREN IN FOSTERAND KINSHIP CARE Chapter 117: DOMESTIC VIOLENCEAND THE FAMILY Chapter 118: GAY- AND LESBIAN PARENTED FAMILIES Chapter 119: HOMELESSNESSAND THE FAMILY Chapter 120: CHILD PHYSICAL ABUSEAND NEGLECT Chapter 121: CHILDREN IN SELF-CARE Chapter 122: SEXUAL ABUSEOF CHILDREN Chapter 123: CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS,AND THE MEDIA SECTION 3: School Health Chapter 124: OVERVIEW OF SCHOOLHEALTH AND SCHOOLHEALTH PROGRAM GOALS Chapter 125: SCHOOL HEALTHEDUCATION Chapter 126: NNURSING ROLESIN SCHOOL HEALTH Chapter 127: SCHOOL READINESS Chapter 128: SCHOOL ABSENTEEISMAND SCHOOL REFUSAL Chapter 129: SCHOOL LEARNINGPROBLEMSAND DEVELOPMENTALDIFFERENCES SECTION 4: Emotional and Behavioral Problems Chapter 130: A DEVELOPMENTALAPPROACH TO THEPREVENTION OF COMMONBEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS Chapter 131: CONSULTATIONAND REFERRALFOR EMOTIONAL ANDBEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS Chapter 132: OPTIONS FOR THEDELIVERY OF MENTALHEALTH SERVICES Chapter133: MEDICATIONMANAGEMENT FOREMOTIONAL ANDBEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS Chapter 134: FAMILY INTERACTIONS:CHILDREN WHO HAVEUNEXPLAINED PHYSICALSYMPTOMS Chapter 135: ANOREXIA AND BULIMIANERVOSA Chapter 136: AUTISM Chapter 137: ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER Chapter 138: CONDUCT DISORDERS Chapter 139: CONVERSION REACTIONSAND HYSTERIA Chapter 140: CHILDREN WITH GENDERVARIANTBEHAVIORSAND TRANSGENDERYOUTH Chapter 141: SUBSTANCE USEDISORDERS: EVALUATIONAND MANAGEMENT Chapter 142: ENCOPRESIS Chapter 143: MOOD DISORDERS Chapter 144: MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROMEBY PROXY Chapter 145: PHOBIAS AND ANXIETY Chapter 146: POSTTRAUMATIC STRESSDISORDER Chapter 147: STUTTERING Chapter 148: SLEEP DISTURBANCES Chapter 149: SUICIDE AND SUICIDEATTEMPTSIN ADOLESCENTS Chapter 150: TEMPER TANTRUMS ANDBREATH-HOLDING SPELLS PART 7 Adolescence Chapter 151: CHALLENGES OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERYTO ADOLESCENTS Chapter 152: COUNSELING PARENTSOF ADOLESCENTS Chapter 153: INTERVIEWINGADOLESCENTS Chapter 154: ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY Chapter 155: ADOLESCENT PREGNANCYAND PARENTHOOD Chapter 156: CONTRACEPTIONAND ABORTION Chapter 157: GAY, LESBIAN,AND BISEXUAL YOUTH PART 8 Presenting Signs and Symptoms Chapter 158: ABDOMINAL DISTENTION Chapter 159: ABDOMINAL PAIN Chapter 160: ALOPECIA AND HAIRSHAFT ANOMALIES Chapter 161: AMENORRHEA Chapter 162: ANEMIA AND PALLOR Chapter 163: BACK PAIN Chapter 164: CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS Chapter 165: CHEST PAIN Chapter 166: CONSTIPATION Chapter 167: COUGH Chapter 168: DENTAL STAINS Chapter 169: DIARRHEAAND STEATORRHEA Chapter 170: DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO Chapter 171: DYSMENORRHEA Chapter 172: DYSPHAGIA Chapter 173: DYSPNEA Chapter 174: DYSURIA Chapter 175: EDEMA Chapter 176: EPISTAXIS Chapter 177: EXTREMITY PAIN Chapter 178: FACIAL DYSMORPHISM Chapter 179: FAILURE TO THRIVE Chapter 180: FATIGUE AND WEAKNESS Chapter 181: FEVER Chapter 182: FEVER OF UNKNOWNORIGIN Chapter 183: FOOT AND LEG PROBLEMS Chapter 184: GASTROINTESTINALHEMORRHAGE Chapter 185: HEADACHE Chapter 186: HEARING LOSS Chapter 187: HEART MURMURS Chapter 188: HEMATURIA Chapter 189: HEMOPTYSIS Chapter 190: HEPATOMEGALY Chapter 191: HIGH BLOOD PRESSUREIN INFANTS, CHILDREN,AND ADOLESCENTS Chapter 192: HIRSUTISM,HYPERTRICHOSIS,AND PRECOCIOUS SEXUALHAIR DEVELOPMENT Chapter 193: HOARSENESS Chapter 194: HYPERHIDROSIS Chapter 195: HYPOTONIA Chapter 196: IRRITABILITY Chapter 197: JAUNDICE Chapter 198: JOINT PAIN Chapter 199: LIMP Chapter 200: LOSS OF APPETITE Chapter 201:LYMPHADENOPATHY Chapter 202:MACROCEPHALY Chapter 203: MALOCCLUSION Chapter 204: MICROCEPHALY Chapter 205: NERVOUSNESS Chapter 206: NONCONVULSIVEPERIODIC DISORDERS Chapter 207: ODOR (UNUSUAL URINEAND BODY) Chapter 208: PETECHIAE AND PURPURA Chapter 209: POLYURIA Chapter 210: PROTEINURIA Chapter 211: PRURITUS Chapter 212: PUBERTY: NORMALAND ABNORMAL Chapter 213: RASH Chapter 214: RECURRENT INFECTIONS Chapter 215: RED EYE/PINK EYE Chapter 216: SCROTAL SWELLINGAND PAIN Chapter 217: SELF-STIMULATINGBEHAVIORS Chapter 218: SHORT STATURE Chapter 219: SPLENOMEGALY Chapter 220: STRABISMUS Chapter 221: STRANGE BEHAVIOR Chapter 222: STRIDOR Chapter 223: SYNCOPE Chapter 224: TICS Chapter 225: TORTICOLLIS Chapter 226: VAGINAL BLEEDING Chapter 227: VAGINAL DISCHARGE Chapter 228: VISUAL DEVELOPMENT,AMBLYOPIA, AND VISIONTESTING Chapter 229: VOMITING Chapter 230: WEIGHT LOSS Chapter 231: WHEEZING PART 9 Specific Clinical Problems Chapter 232: ACNE Chapter 233: ADRENAL DYSFUNCTION Chapter 234: ALLERGIC RHINITIS Chapter 235: ANIMAL BITES Chapter 236: ANURIA AND OLIGURIA Chapter 237: APPARENT LIFETHREATENINGEVENTS Chapter 238: APPENDICITIS Chapter 239: ASTHMA Chapter 240: ATOPIC DERMATITIS Chapter 241: BACTERIAL SKININFECTIONS Chapter 242: BRAIN TUMORS Chapter 243: BRONCHIOLITIS Chapter 244: CANCERS IN CHILDHOOD Chapter 245: CEREBRAL PALSY Chapter 246: CHICKENPOX Chapter 247: CHRONIC FATIGUESYNDROME Chapter 248: CLEFT LIPAND CLEFT PALATE Chapter 249: COLIC Chapter 250: COMMON COLD Chapter 251: CONGENITALAND ACQUIREDHEART DISEASE Chapter 252: CONTACT DERMATITIS Chapter 253: CONTAGIOUSEXANTHEMATOUSDISEASES Chapter 254: CYSTIC FIBROSIS Chapter 255: CYSTIC AND SOLIDMASSES OF THE FACEAND NECK Chapter 256: DIABETES MELLITUS Chapter 257: DIAPER RASH Chapter 258: DOWN SYNDROME:MANAGING THE CHILDAND FAMILY Chapter 259: DRUG ERUPTIONS,ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME,STEVENS-JOHNSONSYNDROME, AND TOXICEPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS Chapter 260: ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS Chapter 261: ENURESIS Chapter 262: FOREIGN BODIESOF THE EAR, NOSE,AIRWAY, AND ESOPHAGUS Chapter 263: FRACTURESAND DISLOCATIONS Chapter 264: GASTROESOPHAGEALREFLUX DISEASE Chapter 265: GASTROINTESTINALALLERGY Chapter 266: GASTROINTESTINALOBSTRUCTION Chapter 267: GIARDIASIS Chapter 268: GLUTEN-SENSITIVEENTEROPATHY (CELIACSPRUE) Chapter 269: HEMOLYTIC-UREMICSYNDROME Chapter 270: HEMOGLOBINOPATHIESAND SICKLE CELL DISEASE Chapter 271: HEMOPHILIA AND OTHERHEREDITARY BLEEDINGDISORDERS Chapter 272: HENOCH-SCHONLEIN PURPURA Chapter 273: HEPATITIS Chapter 274: HERPES INFECTIONS Chapter 275: HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6AND HUMANHERPESVIRUS-7INFECTIONS Chapter 276: HUMANIMMUNODEFICIENCYVIRUS INFECTIONAND ACQUIREDIMMUNODEFICIENCYSYNDROME Chapter 277: HYDROCEPHALUS Chapter 278: HYPERTHYROIDISM Chapter 279: HYPOSPADIAS,EPISPADIAS,AND CRYPTORCHISM Chapter 280: HYPOTHYROIDISM Chapter 281: IATROGENIC DISEASE Chapter 282: IMMUNETHROMBOCYTOPENIAPURPURA Chapter 283: INFECTIOUSMONONUCLEOSISAND OTHER EPSTEIN-BARRVIRAL INFECTIONS Chapter 284: INSECT BITESAND INFESTATIONS Chapter 285: INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY Chapter 286: INTERSEX Chapter 287: IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA Chapter 288: JUVENILE IDIOPATHICARTHRITIS Chapter 289: KAWASAKI DISEASE Chapter 290: LABIAL ADHESIONS Chapter 291: LEUKEMIAS Chapter 292: LYME DISEASE Chapter 293: MENINGITIS Chapter 294: MENINGOENCEPHALITIS Chapter 295: MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Chapter 296: NEPHRITIS Chapter 297: NEPHROTIC SYNDROME Chapter 298: NEUROCUTANEOUSSYNDROMES Chapter 299: OBESITY AND METABOLICSYNDROME Chapter 300: OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHYAND VESICOURETERALREFLUX Chapter 301: OCULAR TRAUMA Chapter 302: OSTEOCHONDROSES Chapter 303: OSTEOMYELITIS Chapter 304: OTITIS MEDIAAND OTITIS EXTERNA Chapter 305: PARASITIC INFECTIONS Chapter 306: PECTUS EXCAVATUMAND PECTUS CARINATUM Chapter 307: PERTUSSIS (WHOOPINGCOUGH) Chapter 308: PHARYNGITISAND TONSILLITIS Chapter 309: PHIMOSIS Chapter 310: PINWORM INFESTATIONS Chapter 311: PLAGIOCEPHALY Chapter 312: PNEUMONIA Chapter 313: PRESEPTAL AND ORBITALCELLULITIS Chapter 314: PSORIASIS Chapter 315: PYLORIC STENOSIS Chapter 316: RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS Chapter 317: RHEUMATIC FEVER Chapter 318: ROCKY MOUNTAINSPOTTED FEVER Chapter: 319: SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS Chapter 320: SEIZURE DISORDERS Chapter 321: SEPTIC ARTHRITIS Chapter 322: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTEDINFECTIONS Chapter 323: SINUSITIS Chapter 324: SPINA BIFIDA Chapter 325: SPINAL DEFORMITIES Chapter 326: SPORTS INJURIES Chapter 327: STAPHYLOCOCCAL TOXICSHOCK SYNDROME Chapter 328: STOMATITIS Chapter 329: STREPTOCOCCAL TOXICSHOCK SYNDROME Chapter 330: SUDDEN INFANTDEATH SYNDROME Chapter 331: TONSILLECTOMYAND ADENOIDECTOMY Chapter 332: TUBERCULOSIS ANDLATENT TUBERCULOSISINFECTION Chapter 333: UMBILICAL ANOMALIES Chapter 334: URINARY TRACTINFECTIONS Chapter 335: VERRUCAE (WARTS)AND MOLLUSCUMCONTAGIOSUM PART 10 Critical Situations Chapter 336: ACUTE SURGICALABDOMEN Chapter 337: AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION Chapter 338: ALTERED MENTAL STATUS Chapter 339: ANAPHYLAXIS Chapter 340: CROUP (ACUTE LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS) Chapter 341: DEHYDRATION Chapter 342: DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS Chapter 343: DISSEMINATEDINTRAVASCULARCOAGULATION Chapter 344: DROWNING AND NEAR DROWNING Chapter 345: DRUG OVERDOSE Chapter 346: ENVENOMATIONS Chapter 347: ESOPHAGEAL CAUSTICINJURY Chapter 348: HEAD INJURIES Chapter 349: HEART FAILURE Chapter 350: HYPERTENSIVEEMERGENCIES Chapter 351: HYPOGLYCEMIA Chapter 352: INCREASEDINTRACRANIAL PRESSURE Chapter 353: MENINGOCOCCEMIA Chapter 354: PNEUMOTHORAX ANDPNEUMOMEDIASTINUM Chapter 355: POISONING Chapter 356: RAPE Chapter 357: ACUTE RENAL FAILURE Chapter 358: SHOCK Chapter 359: STATUS ASTHMATICUS Chapter 360: STATUS EPILEPTICUS Chapter 361: THERMAL INJURIES Index Some 3,000 pages cover screening, path physiology, diagnosis, treatment, management, prevention, critical care, practice management, ethical and legal concerns and much more. AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care sets a new standard for one-stoppediatric references!  Directed by a distinguished editorial team - and featuring contributions from experienced clinicians nationwide - the new AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care is a resource you'll use with complete confidence.  Look here for expert guidance spanning every aspect of current clinical practice: Comprehensive scope - Some 3,000 pages cover screening, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, management, prevention, critical care, practice management, ethical and legal concerns and much more.  Practical focus - Directly addresses day-to-day practice concerns for efficient patient problem-solving.  Essential clinical guidance - Step-by-step recommendations on what to do, when and how to do it, when to admit, and when to refer.  Evidence-based approach - Includes the evidence base for recommendations and lists detailed references within each chapter.  Topical coverage - Highlights new priorities for 21st century practice: evidence-based medicine, environmental concerns, electronic health records, quality improvement, community-wide health approaches, confidentiality, cultural issues, and psychosocial issues. Intergrated companion resources - Combine with Tools for Practice and Pediatric Care Online for powerful problem-solving.

 

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