Berman's Pediatric Decision Making E-Book

Lalit Bajaj, Simon Hambidge, Ann-Christine Nyquist, Gwendolyn Kerby

• Verlag: Mosby
• Jahr: 2011
• ISBN:
  9780323087025
• Auflage: 5
• Thema: Medicine
• Thema: Pediatric Medicine

Berman's Pediatric Decision Making uses an algorithmic, structured approach to lead you to the right diagnosis and treatment every time. Drs. Lalit Baja, Simon Hambidge, Ann-Christine Nyquist, and Gwendolyn Kerby use evidence-based research and flow charts for each presenting complaint or specific disorder to provide quick access to the information you need for effective decision making. With updated drug tables and revised algorithms, this streamlined new edition makes it even easier for you to diagnose and manage common clinical problems from infancy through adolescence.

• Rapidly access guidance on diagnosis and management from algorithms for each clinical disorder.
• Treat the full range of diseases and disorders with comprehensive coverage of diagnosis, assessment of severity, and clinical management.

Choose the best treatment for each case thanks to indications for surgical interventions as well as expensive diagnostic procedures

• Stay current on recent developments and make effective decisions for movement disorders, physical abuse in children, sexual abuse in children, eating disorders, ADHD, and other hot topics.
• Find answers quickly and easily with a new table of contents organized into two sections—Presenting Complaints and Specific Disorders—that reduces the need to flip between chapters.
• Tap into the diverse perspectives of expert authors from all over the country.
• Get only the information you need in the streamlined new edition with shorter, more user-friendly flow diagrams and fewer specialized chapters.

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures; t, tables; b, boxes.

A

Abatacept, 712

Abdominal abscess, 196t

Abdominal pain

acute, 200, 200t, 201f, 202, 203f, 203t

childhood functional, 204

chronic, 204-206, 205f, 207f

cyclic, 42-43

Abdominal striae, 24

Abdominal trauma, 428-430, 429f, 429t, 431f

ABO incompatibility, 288

Abscess

abdominal, 196t

dental, 98

orbital, 390, 391f

periapical, 94-95

peritonsillar, 150-151, 152t, 153f

retropharyngeal, 150, 152t

Absence seizures, 364t-367t

Abuse

physical, 468-469, 469f, 470, 471f

psychological distress caused by, 470

sexual, 472-474, 473f, 475f

Academic Performance Rating Scale, 511t

Acetaminophen, 326t, 480t

Acetazolamide, 368t-369t

Acetylsalicylic acid, 544, 544t

Achilles tendonitis, 699t-700t

Achondroplasia, 674

Acid blockade, 231

Acne, 106, 572-573, 573f, 573t

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. See Human immunodeficiency virus

Action tremor, 344t

Activated charcoal, 481

Activated partial thromboplastin time, 602-603

Acute, excessive crying, 18, 19f, 20t, 21t

Acute abdominal pain, 200, 200t, 201f, 202, 203f, 203t

Acute airway obstruction, 406t

Acute bacterial s...