Pediatrics: Just the Facts

INTRODUCTION

Everything a resident or clinician needs-to-know about pediatric medicine in a concise bulleted format. Written by a preeminent team of clinicians from the top children's hospitals in the country, this quick-reference and board review is organized according to the clinical issues tested on the Board of Pediatrics Examination.

KEY FEATURES

· Useful as a board review tool for certification and re-certification

· Useful as a clinical reference for residents and clinicians

· Content is limited to the 'just the facts' essentials so there is no need to sift through unnecessary material.

· Written by a preeminent team of academics and clinicians, from one of the top children's hospitals in the country.

· Chapters follow a repeating and common template for ease of reference and for ease of reading for board preparation

CONTENTS

Just the Facts in Pediatrics

• 1. Normal growth and development
  a. Fetus and Premature
  b. Newborn
  c. Infancy
  d. Early childhood (pre-school)
  e. Middle childhood (post-school/pre-adol)
  f. Adolescence
• 2. Nutrition
  a. Nutritional requirements
  b. Infant feeding
  c. should be in disease processes
  d. should be in disease processes
• 3. Fluid and electrolytes
• 4. The pediatric history and physical exam
  a. History
  b. Review of systems
  c. Family history
  d. Physical exam
• 5. Health supervision and preventive care (immuniztions here)
  a. Newborn
  b. Infancy
  c. Early childhood
  d. Middle childhood
  e. Adolescence
  i. in disease process section
  ii. Sexual development in females
  iii. Sexual development in males
  iv. in disease process section
  v. Psychological disorders
• 6. Normal Developmental and behavioral pediatrics
  Newborn
  Infancy
  Early Childhood
  Middle Childhood
  Adolescence
• 7. Pediatric pharmacology
• 8. Toxicology (I believe that this category should be under emergency medicine)
  a. Substance abuse
  i. Ethanol
  ii. Volatile substances
  iii. Cocaine
  iv. Opiates
  v. Amphetamines
  b. Iron
  c. Lead
  d. Analgesics/sedatives
  e. Hydrocarbons
  f. Caustic agents
  g. Carbon monoxide
• 9. Emergency pediatrics (sections on emergencies in each of the following categories: Allergy, Cardiology, Dental, Dermatologic, Endocrine, GI, Genetic (Inborn errors), Hematologic, Oncologic, Infectious, Renal, Neurologic, Ophthalmologic, Orthopaedic, Pulmonary, Rheumatolgic, Psychiatric, Surgical)
  a. Resuscitation
  b. Injuries
  c. Shaken child
• 10. Neonatal critical care
  a. Birth injury
  b. Prematurity
  c. Respiratory Disorders
  d. Digestive disorders
  e. Blood disorders
  f. Urinary track disorders
  g. Neonatal infections
• 11. Pediatric critical care
  a. Advanced life support
  b. Mechanical ventilation
  c. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  d. Near drowning
  e. Acute neurologic injury
  f. Brain death
  g. Technology dependent children
• 12. Allergy and immunology
  a. Allergic rhinitis
  b. Food allergy
  c. Drug allergy
  d. Asthma
  e. Immunodeficiency
• 13. Cardiology/CT Surgery
  a. Chest pain
  b. Abnormal Heart Sounds
  c. Syncope
  d. Congenital heart disease (Cyanotic/Acyanotic)
  e. Heart failure
  f. Cardiomyopathies
  g. Acquired Heart Disease (Inflammatory, Infectious, Kawasaki, Rheumatic, SBE)
  h. Hypertension
  i. Hyperlipidemia
• 14. Dentistry
  a. Preventive dentistry
  b. Caries
• 15. Dermatology
  a. Disorders of infancy
  b. Phacomatoses
  c. Atopic dermatitis
  d. Acne
  e. Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic
• 16. Endocrinology
  a. Diabetes mellitus
  b. Short stature
  c. Hypoglycemia
  d. Hypothalamic dysfunction
  e. Hypothyroid disease
  f. Hyperthyroidism
  g. Adrenal insufficiency
• 17. Gastroenterology and Hepatology/GI Surgery:
  a. Abdominal pain
  b. Vomiting
  c. Diarrhea
  d. Constipation
  e. Jaundice and hepatic failure
  f. Pancreatitis
  g. Gastro-esophageal reflux
  h. Inflammatory bowel disease
• 18. Genetics
  a. Newborn screening
  b. Chromosomal abnormalities
  Include in AA disorders
  c. Amino acid disorders
  d. Carbohydrate disorders
  e. Disorders of Fat
  f. Storage Diseases.
• 19. Hematology
  a. Iron disorders
  b. Hemoglobinopathies
  c. Hemolytic anemias
  d. Leukopenia
  e. Thrombocytopenia
  f. Hemophilia
  g. Bleeding disorders
• 20. Oncology
  a. Genetics of Malignancy
  b. Leukemia
  c. Lymphoma
  d. Neuro-oncology
  e. Solid organ malignancies
• 21. Infectious diseases
  a. Bacterial infections
  b. Viral infections
  c. Fungal infections
  d. Infectious diseases in the immunocompromised patient
• 22. Kidney diseases/Urologic)
  a. Glomerular disease
  b. Interstitial disease
  c. Tubular disease
  d. Renal vascular disease
  e. Nephrolithiasis
  f. Collecting System
  g. Bladder
  h. Urethra
  i. Urinary tract infections (?vesico-ureteral reflux)
  j. Circumcision
  k. End-stage Renal Disease
  l. Genital Malformations
• 23. Neurology/Neurosurgery
  a. Seizures
  b. Headaches
  c. Altered mental status and coma
  d. Altered gait
  e. Vertigo and dizziness
  f. Degenerative diseases
  g. Meningitis, encephalitis, and brain abcess
  h. Hydrocephalus and Shunts
  i. Spine
  j. Peripheral Nerves/Neuromuscluar Junction/Muscle
  k. Hypotonia
• 24. Opthalmology
  a. Strabismus
  b. Ocular injuries
  c. Refraction errors
  d. Red Eye
  e. Opthalmologic signs of systemic diseases
• 25. Orthopedics
  a. Fractures
  b. Scoliosis/Kyphosis
  c. Toeing-in/toeing-out, Knock-Knee/Bow legs
  d. Sports medicine
• 26. Pulmonology/Otorhinolaryngology
  a. Pneumonia
  b. Bronchitis and bronchiolitis
  c. Foreign body
  d. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  e. Cystic fibrosis
  f. Interstitial lung disease
  g. T&A and myringotomy tubes
• 27. Abnormal Behavior and Development: (include bed-wetting, encopresis, ADHD, etc)
  a. Pre-school
  b. School agec. Adolescent
• 28. Psychiatry
  a. Depression
  b. Psychoses
• 29. Rheumatology
  a. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  b. Systemic lupus erythematosis
  c. Dermatomyositis
  d. Scleroderma
• 30. Abnormalities of Nutrition
  a. Obesity
  b. Vitamin Deficiency
  c. Failure to thrive