ZAOUTIS and CHIANG's Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine

• PART I: Inpatient Pediatric Medicine
  • Understanding the Value of Pediatric Hospitalists
  • Variation in Healthcare
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Overview: Quality of Care
  • Infection Control for Pediatric Hospitalists
  • Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision Support
  • Family-Centered Care
  • Medical Comanagement and Consultation
  • Child Development: Implications for Inpatient Medicine
  • Palliative Care
  • Communication and Discharge Planning
  • Ethical Issues in Pediatric Hospital Practice
  • Medicolegal Issues in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Hospitalist Professional Organizations and Models of Care
  • Careers in Hospital Medicine
• PART II: Common Presenting Signs and Symptoms
  • Abdominal Mass
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Acidosis
  • Altered Mental Status
  • Chest Pain
  • Cyanosis
  • Diarrhea
  • Failure to Thrive
  • Fever
  • Gastrointestinal Bleeding
  • Hypertension
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypoxemia
  • Irritability and Intractable Crying
  • Limp
  • Lymphadenitis
  • Oral Lesions and Oral Health
  • Neck Pain
  • Petechiae and Purpura
  • Respiratory Distress
  • Shock
  • Syncope
  • Vomiting
• PART III: Systems Approach
  • Section A: Abuse and Neglect
    • Cutaneous Injuries of Concern for Nonaccidental Trauma
    • Abusive Head Trauma
    • Imaging of Child Abuse
    • Medical Child Abuse
    • Legal Issues
  • Section B: Adolescent Medicine
    • Eating Disorders
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
    • Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  • Section C: Allergy and Immunology
    • Anaphylaxis
    • Drug Allergy
    • Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
    • Immunoglobulin
  • Section D: Cardiology
    • The Cardiac Examination
    • Electrocardiogram Interpretation
    • Congenital Heart Disease
    • Infective Endocarditis
    • Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathy
    • Pericarditis
    • Acute Rheumatic Fever
  • Section E: Dermatology
    • Purpura
    • Vesicles and Bullae
    • Vascular Anomalies
    • Atopic Dermatitis
    • Ecthyma Gangrenosum
    • Drug-Associated Rashes
    • Erythema Multiforme
    • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
    • Skin Disease in Immunosuppressed Hosts
    • Epidermolysis Bullosa
  • Section F: Endocrinology
    • Diabetes Mellitus and Hyperglycemia
    • Disorders of Thyroid Hormone
    • Disorders of Pituitary Function
    • Disorders of Calcium Metabolism
    • Disorders of the Adrenal Gland
  • Section G: Fluids and Electrolytes
    • Dehydration
    • Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy
  • Section H: Gastroenterology and Nutrition
    • Biliary Disease
    • Constipation
    • Dyspepsia
    • Disorders of Gastric Emptying
    • Liver Failure
    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    • Malnutrition
    • Pancreatitis
    • Feeding Issues
  • Section I: Genetics and Metabolism
    • Genetic Syndromes Caused by Chromosomal Abnormalities
    • Hyperammonemia
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Metabolic Acidosis
  • Section J: Hematology
    • Anemia
    • Management of Sickle Cell Disease
    • Neutropenia and Bone Marrow Failure
    • Thrombocytopenia
    • Disorders of Coagulation and Thrombosis
    • Transfusion Medicine
  • Section K: Infectious Diseases
    • Empirical Treatment of Bacterial Infections
    • Fever
    • Prolonged Fever and Fever of Unknown Origin
    • Fever and Rash
    • Central Nervous System Infections
    • Complications of Acute Otitis Media and Sinusitis
    • Neck and Oral Cavity Infections
    • Middle and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
    • Gastrointestinal Infections
    • Urinary Tract Infections

This cornerstone text provides the most up-to-date evidence-based approaches to inpatient pediatric care available—all from top experts in their fields.

The gold standard in pediatric hospital medicine, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine has been updated and streamlined for today’s practice. This third edition defines hospital medicine and addresses general issues of hospitalist practice and administration, such as medical legal issues, communications, electronic health records, palliative care, ethical issues, careers, professional organizations, and more.

Clearly organized into four main sections—Inpatient Pediatric Medicine, Commonly Presenting Signs and Symptoms, Systems Approach, and Procedures—Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Third Edition explores commonly presenting signs and symptoms, breaks down diseases by system, and describes hard-to-find instructions on procedures most commonly performed on children in a hospital setting.

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