Its comprehensive yet succinct coverage encompasses the full spectrum of pediatric conditions from immunization and diabetes mellitus to allergic disorders. It remains the essential guide for pediatricians, family practitioners, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and all other health-care providers who work with infants, children, and adolescents.
The 20th-Anniversary Edition contains:
- NEW CD-ROM of full-color clinical images complementing chapters on ophthalmology, child abuse and neglect, oral medicine and dentistry, orthopedics, and endocrinology.
- NEW chapters on travel medicine, including pre-travel vaccination recommendations and treatment of common illnesses contracted while abroad, and on sleep medicine, with special attention devoted to sleep-disordered breathing.
- Time-saving and proven-effective LANGE CURRENT outline format: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis & Typical Features, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
- Organization by general topics as well as by organ systems.
- A handy guide to normal laboratory values.
- Concise overviews of important pediatric health concerns, including childhood nutrition and eating disorders, substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, child abuse, oral medicine and dentistry, immunization, and emergencies and injuries.
Contents
1. The Newborn Infant, Elizabeth H. Thilo & Adam A. Rosenberg
2. Child Development & Behavior, Edward Goldson & Ann Reynolds
3. Adolescence, Amy E. Sass & David W. Kaplan
4. Adolescent Substance Abuse, Paritosh Kaul
5. Eating Disorders, Eric J. Sigel
6. Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders & Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatrics, Brian Stafford
7. Child Abuse & Neglect, Antonia Chiesa & Andrew P. Sirotnak
8. Ambulatory & Office Pediatrics, Maya Bunik, Robert M. Brayden, and David Fox
9. Immunization, Matthew F. Daley, Sean T. O'Leary, Eric A. F. Simoes, & Ann-Christine Myquist
10. Normal Childhood Nutrition & Its Disorders, Nancy F. Krebs, Laura F. Primak, & Matthew Haemer
11. Emergencies & Injuries, Maria J. Mandt & Joseph A. Grubenhoff
12. Poisoning, Barry H. Rumack & Richard C. Dart
13. Critical Care, Joseph A. Albietz, Angela S. Czaja, Emily L. Dobyns, Eva N. Grayck, & Peter M. Mourani
14. Skin, Joseph G. Morelli & Joanna M. Burch
15. Eye, Rebecca Sands Braverman
16. Oral Medicine & Dentistry, Ulrich Klein
17. Ear, Nose, & Throat, Patricia J. Yoon, Peggy E. Kelley, & Norman r. Friedman
18. Respiratory Tract & Mediastinum, Monica J. Federico, Gwendolyn S. Kerby, Robin R. Deterding, Christopher D. Baker, Vivek Balasubramaniam, Edith T. Zemanick, Scott D. Sagel, Keith L. Cavanaugh, & Frank J. Accurso
19. Cardiovascular Diseases, Shelley D. Miyamoto, Henry M. Sondheimer, Thomas E. Fagan, & Kathryn K. Collins
20. Gastrointestinal Tract, Shikha Sundaram, Edward Hoffenberg, Robert Kramer, Judith M. Sondheimer, & Glenn T. Furata
21. Liver & Pancreas, Ronald J. Sokol & Michael R. Narkewicz
22. Kidney & Urinary Tract, Gary M. Lum
23. Neurologic & Muscular Disorders, Timothy J. Bernard, Kelly Knupp, Michele L. Yang, Daniel Arndt, Paul Levisohn, & Paul G. Moe
24. Orthopedics, John D. Polousky
25. Sports Medicine, Pamela E. Wilson & K. Brooke Pengel
26. Rehabilitation Medicine, Pamela E. Wilson & Gerald H. Clayton
27. Rheumatic Diseases, Jennifer B. Soep
28. Hematologic Disorders, Daniel R. Ambruso, Taru Hays, & Neil A. Goldenberg
29. Neoplastic Disease, Kelly Maloney, Nicholas K. Foreman, Roger H. Giller, Brian S. Greffe, Doug K. Graham, Ralph R. Quinones, & Amy K. Keating
30. Pain Management & Pediatric Palliative & End-of-Life Care, Brian Greffe, Jeffrey L. Galinkin, & Nancy A. King
31. Immunodeficiency, Pia J. Hauk, Richard B. Johnston, Jr., & Andrew H. Liu
32. Endocrine Disorders, Philip S. Zeitler, Sharon H. Travers, Kristen Nadeau, Jennifer Barker, Megan Moriarty Kelsey, & Michael S. Kappy
33. Diabetes Mellitus, H. Peter Chase & George S. Eisenbarth
34. Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Janet A. Thomas & Johan L.K. Van Hove
35. Genetics & Dysmorphology, Anne Chun-Hui Tsai, David K. Manchester, & Ellen R. Elias
36. Allergic Disorders, Ronina A. Covar, David M. Fleischer, & Mark Boguniewicz
37. Antimicrobial Therapy, John W. Ogle
38. Infections: Viral & Rickettsial, Myron J. Levin & Adriana Weinberg
39. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Elizabeth J. McFarland
40. Infections: Bacterial & Spirochetal, John W. Ogle & Marsha S. Anderson
41. Infections: Parasitic & Mycotic, Samuel R. Dominguez & Myron J. Levin
42. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Daniel H. Reirden, Eric J. Sigel, & Ann-Christine Nyquist
43. Travel Medicine, Suchitra Rao & Sarah K. Parker
44. Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Disorders & Therapy, Douglas M. Ford
45. Chemistry & Hematology Reference Intervals, Georgette Siparsky & Frank J. Accurso
Index
- Paperback: 1328 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 20 edition (August 11, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071664440
- ISBN-13: 978-0071664448
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
- Author: William Hay, Myron Levin, Robin Deterding, Judith Sondheimer