Description:
Completely updated and revised, the 30th edition of this best-selling reference provides instant access to the latest recommendations for treatment of infectious diseases in children.

For each disease, the authors provide a commentary to help select the best of all antimicrobial choices.
Drug descriptions cover all antimicrobial agents available today and include complete information about dosing regimens. Free updates are available at aap.org/Nelsons .

New in the 30th Edition

• Updated multiple drug-resistant gram-negative pathogens treatment recommendations with newly approved antibiotics
• Newer antibiotics, beyond vancomycin, to treat MRSA infections
• Updates on children's influenza, COVID-19, and enterovirus treatments
• Updates on travelers' diarrhea
• Latest guidelines for treatment of invasive pediatric fungal infections
• New guidelines for treatment of pediatric bacterial arthritis
• Recommendations on hepatitis C virus and cytomegalovirus treatment options

CHAPTERS INCLUDE

• Antimicrobial Therapy According to Clinical Syndromes
• Antimicrobial Therapy for Neonates
• Choosing Among
  • Antibiotics
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Antiparasitic Agents
• Preferred Therapy for Specific Bacterial and Mycobacterial Pathogens; Fungal Pathogens; Viral Pathogens; and Parasitic Pathogens
• Approach to Antibiotic Therapy for Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• Systemic and Topical Antimicrobial Dosing and Dose Forms
• Sequential Parenteral-Oral Antibiotic Therapy (Oral Step-Down Therapy) for Serious Infections
• Antimicrobial Prophylaxis/Prevention of Symptomatic Infection
• Approach to Antibiotic Allergies
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Antibiotic Therapy for Children With Obesity
• And more...

Description:
The fifth edition of this best-selling Red Book® image companion aids in the diagnosis and treatment of more than 165 pediatric infectious diseases.

Streamline disease recognition and clinical decision-making with more than 1,350 finely detailed color images, combined with step-by-step guidance.

Featured in the Fifth Edition

• Updated guidance on every pediatric infectious disease
• New guidance on coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV
• New Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections chapter
• Images added for Chlamydia pneumoniae, hepatitis D virus, human herpesvirus 8, and more
• Extensively revised Gonococcal Infections chapter and Hepatitis B chapter
• New Clinical Manifestations added for human herpesvirus 8 in young children
• And much more . . .

Concise text descriptions guide the reader through the diagnosis, evaluation, and essential management of each condition.

• Clinical Manifestations
• Etiology
• Epidemiology
• Diagnostic Tests
• Incubation Period
• Treatment

Description:
The reference of choice for pediatricians, residents and medical students, the newly revised and expanded 6th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance on the core knowledge in pediatrics. Edited by a leading primary care authority with more than one hundred contributors, the 6th edition provides comprehensive coverage of hundreds of topics ranging from temper tantrums and toilet training to adolescent depression and suicide.

More than 155 (including 5 brand new ) clinical chapters review pertinent epidemiology and pathophysiology, then give concise guidelines on what symptoms to look for, what alternative diagnoses to consider, what tests to order, and how to treat your patient.

New in the 6th edition

• All chapters have been reviewed and updated to address current issues.
• Five new chapters are included on the following:
  • Health Systems Science
  • Population Health for Pediatricians
  • Social Determinants of Health: Principles
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma Informed Care
  • Commercially Exploited Children and Human Trafficking
• Student worksheets corresponding to each chapter's case study questions will be posted online in a user-friendly format so that they can be completed in preparation of discussions.
• Case study questions have been enhanced and resources have been revised.
• This edition is completely reorganized into 15 sections using a systems-based approach.

Description:
This convenient reference provides clinicians with point-of-care guidance to help their patients stop using tobacco- and nicotine-containing products—as well as the latest clinical data to encourage them to never start.

CONTENTS CONSIST OF

• Nicotine-Containing Products
• Tobacco Use Disorder/Adverse Effects
• Prevention and Treatment
• Withdrawal Management, With and Without Medication
• Policy and Resources

Description:
Completely revised and updated, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, 11th Edition, remains your #1 choice for clinically focused, cutting-edge guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the newborn. Drs. Christine A. Gleason, Taylor Sawyer, and a team of expert contributing authors provide comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of every key disease and condition affecting newborns, keeping you current in this fast-changing field. You'll find the specific strategies you need to confidently provide care for this unique patient population, in a full-color, easy-to-use single volume that focuses on key areas of practice.

Key Features:

• Reflects the latest developments on all aspects of newborn evaluation and management, featuring new content, new chapters, new contributors, and fresh perspectives from a new co-editor.

• Brings you the latest on current topics such as perinatal/neonatal COVID-19, genomics and precision medicine, acute and chronic neonatal respiratory disorders, brain injury and neuroprotection, necrotizing enterocolitis, probiotics, palliative care, prenatal drug exposure, retinopathy of prematurity, and more.

• Provides clinically relevant, practical guidance in concise, focused chapters that include summary boxes, suggested readings, and more than 500 full-color illustrations, micrographs, and photographs.

• Contains the 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics and American Heart Association neonatal resuscitation guidelines and the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines on the management of hyperbilirubinemia.

• Serves as a reliable quick reference for clinical questions and an excellent resource for board review.

• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Description:
Practical and pocket sized, The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics has been a trusted clinical reference for more than 50 years. The fully revised 12th Edition continues this tradition of excellence with succinct, easily accessible, and evidence-based answers for the diagnosis and management of pediatric patients. Get the reliable information you need from staff pediatricians, specialists, residents, and fellows at one of the top pediatric hospitals in the world.

Key Features:

• Provides the most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to pediatric clinical problems using evidence-based guidelines.
• Contains new chapters on mental health and technology and medical complexity.
• Offers quick access to comprehensive information on urgent situations in a six-chapter Acute Care section devoted to pediatric emergencies.
• Includes abundant algorithms for bedside diagnoses and management of various scenarios.
• Offers fast access to key information such as normal reference values for various ages and sizes of pediatric patients, common equations and normal vital signs, and resuscitation drugs.
• Widely used by medical students, residents, practicing pediatricians, family physicians, emergency physicians, nurses, and other interdisciplinary practitioners.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Description:
Pediatric Clinical Skills, 4^th Edition, by renowned author Richard B. Goldbloom, is your ideal guide to mastering necessary, often complex and challenging pediatric clinical skills. Written in a clear, informal tone, this book explains the nuances of the child/family interview and history, pediatric physical exam, crucial interpersonal skills, and important issues such as cultural sensitivity, chronic conditions, and athletic participation. An indispensable learning tool for in-training physicians, this book is also a valuable resource for pediatric and family practice physicians, nurses, physician assistants, and all healthcare personnel who work with children.

Key Features:

• Discover the best approach and demeanor for interviewing patients and their families.
• Elicit cooperation and gain the maximum value from physical exams of patients of all ages, including preterm and low-birth-weight infants.
• Enhance cultural sensitivity and capably navigate issues associated with chronic conditions, athletic participation, and more.

New to this Edition:

• Perfect the latest approaches for approaching the adolescent, clinical evaluation for possible child abuse, palliative care, examining the head and neck, evaluating gastrointestinal symptoms, surgical assessment of the abdomen, and other rapidly evolving areas.
• Navigate growing areas of concern including obesity, autism, TV-watching, and video games.
• Access the complete contents online at studentconsult.com, with Integration Links to related content in other Student Consult resources.videos demonstrating different aspects of the neurological exam, including assessing cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.additional content and images to complement Ch. 21, Clinical Evaluation for Possible Child Abuse.and full-color inserts that complement Ch. 8, Examining the Visual System, and Ch. 19, Assessing the Skin.
• Study efficiently with the aid of Case Histories, Key Points, and Recommended Readings.

Description:
The Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians, 3rd Edition, is the definitive resource on breastfeeding initiation, maintenance, support, and advocacy. Jointly developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), this must-have handbook features the most important and up-to-date developments in breastfeeding practice, research, policies, and outreach guidance, assembled by an expert physician panel.

All health professionals in your practice will refer to this convenient handbook again and again for easily accessible answers, solutions, and teaching and learning aids.

The third edition contains a wealth of practice-focused advice based on frontline clinical experience and the latest evidence for breastfeeding.

Topics include:

• Cleft lip and cleft palate in breastfeeding infants
• Risk reductions in breastfeeding infants
• Neurodevelopmental outcomes of breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding in preterm infants
• Health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers
• Recommended breastfeeding strategies for health professionals
• Breastfeeding education
• Recommended breastfeeding practices
• Risk factors for lactation problems
• Human milk microbiota and bioactive factors
• Breast development stages and lactogenesis
• Supporting early breastfeeding before and after delivery
• Breastfeeding assessment tools
• Ankyloglossia and breastfeeding
• Insufficient milk
• Vitamin and mineral supplementation
• Breastfeeding guidance during preventive health care visits
• Management of breastfeeding complications
• Elements of a breastfeeding-friendly office environment
• National breastfeeding initiatives
• Feeding human milk without birthing
• Relactation
• Supplemental feeding methods
• Drugs and breastfeeding
• Contraception When Breastfeeding
• And more!

New in the 3rd Edition

• The latest AAP and ACOG breastfeeding policies
• An all-new chapter on the Non-nutritive Components in Human Milk, including bioactive factors and host defense mechanisms
• New guidance on breastfeeding and substance use, including electronic cigarettes and alcohol
• Updated life-saving breastfeeding support strategies for inclusion in disaster preparedness plans
• Current evidence on infant and maternal outcomes from breastfeeding
• Updated guidance on vitamin D, vitamin K, and iron supplementation in newborns
• Updated discussion of breastfeeding and environmental agents, including sunscreen
• New guidance for COVID-19 and breastfeeding
• Updated discussion of legislative protections for mothers in the workplace

Description:
This educational guide provides a much-needed subspeciality-specific learning resource for pediatric hospital medicine. Featuring 50 of the most commonly presenting topics encountered by pediatric hospitalists, this book brings readers into the morning meeting and walks them through patient presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and resolution, providing realistic examples in an engaging case-based format.

This book is designed to supplement the educational experience of trainees during their inpatient pediatrics rotation, and its versatility allows it to be used as an educational guide to lead learning sessions or as an individual resource or study guide.

Each chapter dives into an individual case that is titled with a fictitious patient name, often related to the case topic, which provides a helpful memory tool for learners. Each case includes a Documentation Tips section, designed to ensure accurate and clear communication across the interdisciplinary team that cares for hospitalized children, as well as Clinical Pearls summarizing the main chapter take-aways.

Back to Basics boxes are included in cases as needed, to serve as a refresher of examination techniques, laboratory test result analysis, or other foundational information related to the cases.

In addition, Health Equity Focus boxes related to social determinants of health are featured throughout the book to help clinicians recognize and address potential inequities in care.

Description:
The fifth edition of this best-selling Red Book® image companion aids in the diagnosis and treatment of more than 165 pediatric infectious diseases.

Streamline disease recognition and clinical decision-making with more than 1,350 finely detailed color images, combined with step-by-step guidance.

Featured in the Fifth Edition

• Updated guidance on every pediatric infectious disease
• New guidance on coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV
• New Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections chapter
• Images added for Chlamydia pneumoniae, hepatitis D virus, human herpesvirus 8, and more
• Extensively revised Gonococcal Infections chapter and Hepatitis B chapter
• New Clinical Manifestations added for human herpesvirus 8 in young children
• And much more . . .

Concise text descriptions guide the reader through the diagnosis, evaluation, and essential management of each condition.

• Clinical Manifestations
• Etiology
• Epidemiology
• Diagnostic Tests
• Incubation Period
• Treatment

Description:
For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Written by Drs. Richard A. Polin and Mark F. Ditmar, Pediatric Secrets, 7th Edition, features the Secrets' popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style - making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

Key Features:

• The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time - succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective.
• Fully revised and updated throughout, including protocols and guidelines that are continuously evolving and that increasingly dictate best practices.
• Practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in the practice of pediatrics.
• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.
• Features bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from leaders in the field - all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content.
• Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.