Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics

Thoroughly updated for its Seventh Edition, this practical quick-reference manual presents authoritative patient management guidelines based on the extensive clinical experience at The Children's Hospital in Boston. Coverage includes normal newborn, well-child, and adolescent care, acute care, disorders of each organ system, behavioural disorders, and management of the child with developmental disabilities and specialised health care needs. The text includes numerous easy-to-scan tables and a popular "A to Z" drug formulary.

Table Of Contents

GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE

Caring for Children
John W. Graef, Joanne Wolfe, and Christina Ullrich

Principles of Normal Newborn, Well-Child, and Adolescent Care
Wanessa Risko and Sara Forman

ACUTE CARE

Fluid and Electrolytes
Cynthia Wong and John T. Herrin

Antimicrobials and Infectious Diseases
Marvin B. Harper and Charlotte A. Mao

Management of Sick Newborn
Tanzeema Hossain and Anne Hansen

Emergency and Intensive Care
Mark I. Neuman, Michael L. McManus, and Andrew J. Capraro

Poisoning
Alan Woolf

DISORDERS OF ORGAN SYSTEMS

Renal Disorders
Michelle A. Baum and Michael J.G. Somers

Cardiac Disorders
John M. Costello and Edward P. Walsh

Management of Nutritional, Gastrointestinal, and Hepatic Disorders
Douglas S. Fishman and Athos Bousvaros

Metabolic Disorders
Edward Neilan and Deborah Marsden

Endocrine Disorders
Joseph I. Wolfsdorf and Diego Botero

Prepubertal and Adolescent Gynecologic Disorders
Susan H. Gray and Marc R. Laufer

Hematologic Disorders
Christy Duncan and Matthew M. Heeney

Allergic and Immunodeficiency Disorders
Bryce A. Binstadt and Lynda Schneider

Dermatologic Disorders
Stephen Gellis

Inflammatory Disorders
Robert Sundel

Musculoskeletal Disorders
Richard G. Bachur and Peter M. Water
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Neurologic Disorders
Omar Khwaja, Alexander Rotenberg, and Scott L. Pomeroy

Management of the Child with Developmental Disabilities and Specialized Health Care Needs
Laurie Glader and Nedda Hobbs

Behavioral Disorders
Carolyn Bridgemohan and Barbara Burr

FORMULARY

Formulary
Shannon F. Manzi and Brenda Dodson