WASHINGTON MANUAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2ND EDITION

Concise, portable, and user-friendly, The Washington Manual® of Pediatrics, 2nd Edition, focuses on the essential information you need to know when caring for children in the hospital, ICU, emergency department, and subspecialty outpatient clinics. This practical reference presents brief, logical approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of common inpatient pediatric problems, as well as evidence-based references where they are available. Thoroughly updated throughout, the 2nd Edition provides a clear view of the challenges faced by residents, interns, and medical students, plus offers practical solutions, and expert guidance – all in one convenient and easily accessible source.

Key Features:
• Thoroughly revised chapters with up-to-date, clinically applicable content that is easy for providers at all levels.
• New chapters on Development Milestones, Child Maltreatment, and Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Coverage includes growth and nutrition, emergencies, poisonings, newborn medicine, critical care, surgery, adolescent medicine, child maltreatment, allergy and immunology, radiology, sedation, genetic diseases, and much more.
• Numerous tables, algorithms, and evidence-based references keep you up to date.
• Written by interns, residents, chief residents, subspecialty fellows, and faculty at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.

Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, which can be downloaded to your tablet and smartphone or accessed online and includes features like:
• Complete content with enhanced navigation
• Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web
• Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation
• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
• Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

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Author
Andrew J White MD. Assistant Professor and Program Director of Pediatrics. Washington University School of Medicine. St. Louis Children's Hospital. St. Louis, Missouri.

Table Of Contents
Chapter 1. Common Topics
Chapter 2. Growth and Nutrition
Chapter 3. Fluid and Electrolyte Management
Chapter 4. Emergencies
Chapter 5. Poisonings
Chapter 6. Basic Orthopedics
Chapter 7. Neonatology
Chapter 8. Critical Care
Chapter 9. Surgery
Chapter 10. Adolescent Medicine
Chapter 11. Development and Behavioral Pediatrics
Chapter 12. Child Maltreatment
Chapter 13. Allergic Diseases and Asthma
Chapter 14. Cardiology
Chapter 15. Dermatologic Diseases
Chapter 16. Genetic Diseases
Chapter 17. Gastroenterology
Chapter 18. Endocrinology
Chapter 19. Hematology and Oncology
Chapter 20. Infectious Diseases
Chapter 21. Neurologic Diseases
Chapter 22. Pulmonary Diseases
Chapter 23. Rheumatologic Diseases
Chapter 24. Renal Diseases
Chapter 25. Radiology
Chapter 26. Sedation
Chapter 27. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Formulary
Appendix A: Immunization Guides. Appendix B: Development Milestones. Appendix C: Growth Charts. Appendix D: Tanner Stages. Appendix E: Phototherapy/ Exchange Transfusion Guidelines. Appendix G: Common Procedures.