Featuring: 

·Every topic updated with the most recent guidelines, evidence, pricing, and drug coverage.

·New topics including: Treatment-Resistant Depression; Asthma; Colour Comparison Chart; Anxiety Overview; ADHD Overview; COVID-19 Treatment & Prevention; the Art of Optimizing Heart Failure

The publication Anti-infective Guidelines for Community-acquired Infections was developed with input from a mix of health professionals with expertise in several fields and practising in a variety of clinical settings. In addition, hundreds of health professionals have provided comments on various editions and this has helped create a very practical and relevant document. We sincerely thank all reviewers for their input and ongoing support.

This publication can be used as a complementary, educational tool, focusing primarily on managing community-acquired infections and when necessary assisting in the selection of appropriate antibiotics.

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.