Manual of Ambulatory Pediatrics - Couverture souple

Boynton, Rose W.; Dunn, Elizabeth S.; Stephens, Geraldine R.; Pulcini, Joyce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 078174136X ISBN 13 : 9780781741361

Editeur : Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2003

Synopsis

This handy, pocket-sized manual is the perfect field companion! It provides quick, easy access to guidelines and protocols for the health supervision of children in ambulatory settings. Clear and concise - and with an emphasis on health education and prevention of illness - the book is divided into three organized units. Part I - Well Child Care: is organized by age-span and includes specific factors to be investigated; areas to be assessed; age-appropriate information for anticipatory guidance in the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects of development; and child-rearing issues.Part II - Common Paediatric Health Problems: provides succinct protocols of management for 67 of the most common paediatric health problems, and includes etiology, incidence, communicability, differential diagnosis, management and nursing care, and in-depth family teaching. Current topics like AIDS, anorexia and bulimia are also covered. Part III - Drug Index: provides current guidance for 68 commonly used drugs, organized in outline format. Administration, timing, side effects, complications, and re-ordering are discussed for each drug. This edition covers topics such as: injury prevention guidelines for every age group; new guidelines for pertussis, poison ivy/poison oak dermatitis, and sinusitis; 11 new drugs; new paediatric immunization schedule.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This pocket-sized manual is a concise, ready reference for well-child care, a compilation of the most common management problems seen in an average pediatric practice, and a drug reference. Part I provides comprehensive guidelines for well-child visits from birth to adolescence along with management guidelines for common childrearing issues. This part has a new, more streamlined format in the Sixth Edition with an emphasis on prevention. Part II provides management protocols for the most commonly occurring childhood illnesses. This edition includes new material on behavioral problems and common childrearing concerns, childhood obesity, food allergies, ADHD, sleep problems, and peer pressure. Part III provides a concise review of commonly used pharmaceuticals in pediatric practice, using both generic and trade names.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 078174136X
• ISBN 13: 9780781741361
• Reliure: Couverture à spirales
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Éditeur: McCann Judy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible