AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care

Description

The landmark guide to pediatric medicine has been updated and streamlined for today’s clinician’s and students.

Highlighting the numerous advances and developments across the full span of paediatrics, this new second edition provides a complete update of essential content related to screening, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, management, prevention, critical care, practice management, ethical and legal concerns, and much more.

The AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care contains:

• Essential clinical guidance – step-by-step recommendations on what to do, when and how to do it, when to admit, and when to refer.
• Practical focus – designed as an action-oriented working tool that directly addresses day-to-day practice concerns for efficient patient problem solving.
• Evidence-based approach – a state-of-the-art approach includes the evidence base for recommendations.

About the Authors

Thomas K. McInerny has been a primary care paediatricians in private practice for 40 years. He is Professor and Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, USA.

Henry M. Adam was Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA.

Jane Meschan Foy is Professor of Pediatrics at Wake Forest School of Medicine, and Medical Director of the Northwest Community Care Network, USA.