Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care
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Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care

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eBook - PDF

Quick Reference Guide to Pediatric Care

About this book

The third edition of this popular quick reference guide delivers practical, action-oriented clinical solutions to use during or between patient encounters. Contains need-to-know information and advice on nearly 200 topic areas of current pediatric care—everything from abdominal pain and asthma to failure to thrive and fever of unknown origin to pneumonia and urinary tract infections. The authoritative AAP content is presented in a concise bulleted format to quickly help you locate information. Regardless of the patient presentation you’re confronted with, you’ll have quick access to the help you need to

  • Efficiently evaluate signs and symptoms, including emotional and behavioral problems.
  • Order screening/diagnostic tests.
  • Implement evidence-based intervention strategies.
  • Prescribe safe and effective medications.
  • Recommend proven prevention measures.

Each topic covers key aspects of pediatric care, including:

  • Definition
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Laboratory evaluation
  • Imaging
  • Diagnostic procedures
  • Treatment approach
  • Specific treatments
  • When to refer
  • When to admit
  • Follow-up
  • Complications
  • Prognosis
  • Prevention

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Abdominal Pain
  3. Acne
  4. Acute Flaccid Myelitis
  5. Adjustment Disorder
  6. Allergic Rhinitis
  7. Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies
  8. Amenorrhea
  9. Anemia and Pallor
  10. Animal Bites
  11. Anorexia Nervosa
  12. Anuria and Oliguria
  13. Anxiety and Trauma-Related Distress
  14. ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
  15. Asthma
  16. Ataxia
  17. Atopic Dermatitis
  18. Autism Spectrum Disorder
  19. Back Pain
  20. Bacterial Skin Infections
  21. Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE)
  22. Bronchiolitis
  23. Bulimia Nervosa
  24. Cardiac Arrhythmias
  25. Care of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Trauma and Adversity
  26. Cerebral Palsy
  27. Chest Pain
  28. Coagulation Disorders
  29. Colic
  30. Constipation
  31. Contact Dermatitis
  32. Cough
  33. Cyanosis
  34. Cystic and Solid Masses of the Face and Neck
  35. Cystic Fibrosis
  36. Dehydration
  37. Dental Problems
  38. Depressive Symptoms
  39. Diabetes Mellitus
  40. Diaper Rash
  41. Disorders of Sex Development
  42. Dizziness and Vertigo
  43. Down Syndrome
  44. Drug Eruptions
  45. Drug Interactions and Adverse Effects
  46. Dysmenorrhea
  47. Dysphagia
  48. Dyspnea
  49. Dysuria
  50. Edema
  51. Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Children Younger Than 5 Years
  52. Encopresis
  53. Enterovirus Infections
  54. Enuresis
  55. Epistaxis
  56. Failure to Thrive
  57. Fatigue and Weakness
  58. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  59. Fever
  60. Fever of Unknown Origin
  61. Foot and Leg Problems
  62. Foreign Bodies of the Ear, Nose, Airway, and Esophagus
  63. Fragile X Syndrome
  64. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
  65. Gastrointestinal Allergy
  66. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  67. Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Disease)
  68. Headache
  69. Hearing Loss
  70. Heart Murmurs
  71. Hematuria
  72. Hemoglobinopathies and Sickle Cell Disease
  73. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
  74. Hemoptysis
  75. Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
  76. Hepatitis
  77. Hepatomegaly
  78. Herpes Simplex Viruses
  79. Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development
  80. HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents
  81. Hoarseness
  82. Human Herpesvirus 6A, 6B, and 7 Infections
  83. Hydrocephalus
  84. Hyperhidrosis
  85. Hypertension
  86. Hyperthyroidism
  87. Hypocalcemia, Hypercalcemia, and Hypercalciuria
  88. Hypospadias, Epispadias, and Cryptorchism
  89. Hypothyroidism
  90. Hypotonia
  91. Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura
  92. Immunizations
  93. Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity
  94. Infantile Hemangiomas
  95. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  96. Insect Bites and Infestations
  97. Intellectual Disability
  98. Iron Deficiency Anemia
  99. Irritability
  100. Jaundice
  101. Joint Pain
  102. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
  103. Kawasaki Disease
  104. Klinefelter Syndrome
  105. Labial Adhesions
  106. Learning Difficulty
  107. Limp
  108. Loss of Appetite
  109. Lyme Disease
  110. Lymphadenopathy
  111. Macrocephaly
  112. Medical Child Abuse (Formerly Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)
  113. Meningitis
  114. Meningoencephalitis
  115. Metabolic Disorders Beyond the Newborn Period
  116. Microcephaly
  117. Mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
  118. Mosquito-borne Diseases
  119. Muscular Dystrophy
  120. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  121. Nephritis
  122. Nephrotic Syndrome
  123. Neurocutaneous Syndromes
  124. Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders
  125. Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
  126. Odor (Unusual Urine and Body)
  127. Osteomyelitis
  128. Otitis Externa
  129. Otitis Media
  130. Papulosquamous Disease
  131. Pediatric Palliative Care
  132. Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
  133. Petechiae and Purpura
  134. Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis
  135. Phimosis
  136. Pierre-Robin Sequence
  137. Pinworm Infestations
  138. Plagiocephaly
  139. Pneumonia
  140. Polyuria
  141. Prader-Willi Syndrome
  142. Preoperative Assessment
  143. Preparticipation Physical Evaluation
  144. Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis
  145. Preventive Cardiology
  146. Proteinuria
  147. Pruritus
  148. Psoriasis
  149. Puberty: Normal and Abnormal
  150. Pyloric Stenosis
  151. Recurrent Infections
  152. Red Eye/Pink Eye
  153. Renal Tubular Acidosis
  154. Rheumatic Fever
  155. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  156. Scoliosis
  157. Screening for Anemia
  158. Screening for Genetic-Metabolic Diseases
  159. Screening for Lead Poisoning
  160. Scrotal Swelling and Pain
  161. Seborrheic Dermatitis
  162. Seizure Disorders
  163. Self-Injury
  164. Self-Stimulating Behaviors
  165. Septic Arthritis
  166. Sexual Abuse of Children
  167. Short Stature
  168. Sinusitis
  169. Sleep Disturbances
  170. Sleep-Related Infant Death
  171. Speech and Language Concerns
  172. Spina Bifida
  173. Spinal Deformities
  174. Splenomegaly
  175. Sports Medicine
  176. Stomatitis
  177. Stridor
  178. Syncope
  179. Temper Tantrums and Breath-Holding Spells
  180. Tics
  181. Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
  182. Torticollis
  183. Turner Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome
  184. Urinary Tract Infections
  185. Use of Substances
  186. Vaccine Hesitancy
  187. Vaginal Bleeding
  188. Vaginal Discharge
  189. Verrucae (Warts)
  190. Vitamin D Inadequacy
  191. Vomiting
  192. Weight Loss
  193. Wheezing
  194. Index

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