American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care

Based on Hoekelman's Primary Pediatric Care, this all new full color AAP edition provides an innovative structure and focus on practical needs destined to make it a 'go-to' reference for day-to-day answers. Action-oriented and highly readable, this text provides clear, evidence-based recommendations including practical tools, reminders, and guidelines without wading through mounds of text to get to the point. Fully illustrated with approximately 2,000 full color photos, graphs and images, this new edition will be accompanied by the launch of an integrated comprehensive web-based point of care resource, Pediatric Care Online. Features: * Emphasies everyday general pediatric practice priorites making information you really need easier to find *Features an evidence-based medicine(EBM)approach including a separate chapter on EBM concepts *Provides educational tools and decision support in each chapter for every aspect of clinical practice * Each chapter includes clear guidelines on management, what to do and how, plus precise to the point guidance on referring * Information you can trust as created and endorsed by the AAP * Full color text and illustrations helps you find the information you need in seconds and enhances understanding of concepts, procedures and disorders * Integral part of Pediatric Care Online, comprehensive web-based portal with a full range of resources from AAP--the one place to look for everyday information needs.Pediatric Care Online and AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care will be available in a print plus electronic package. A companion volume AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care: Tools for Practice is available separately. Previously published by Mosby, this new edition is published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.Information you will not find in any other single publication: * Comprehensive coverage of physical examination for newborns, infants, early childhood, late childhood and adolescents in a fully illustrated chapter * Unique, comprehensive chapter on developmental delays goes beyond lists of tools, to cover all aspects of screening, early intervention, monitoring, and barriers to care in one place * Separate chapter on interviewing adolescents provides for quicker access to this information rather than searching through general information.* Extensive coverage of abdominal pain in one succinct chapter including differential diatnosis, evaluation, treatment, management including psychosocial management, when to refer and admit, and tools for practice * Comprehensive coverage of pediatric poisonings including prevention, management, therapeutic modalities, discussions of over 20 specific agents from lead to antidepressants * Chapter on intellectual disability covers classification, communicating with families, differential diagnosis and management, evaluation, physical exam and lab tests, and when to refer

Thomas McInerny is a Harvard Medical School graduate with 40 years experience in pediatric clinical practice. He is Associate Chair of Clinical Affairs in teh Department of Pediatrics at Rochester School of Medicine and is the immediate past chair of the AAP Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, dedicated to helping pediatricians in the daily practice of medicine. Full editorial board includes: Thomas McInerny, MD, FAAP; Henry Adam, MD, FAAP; Deborah Campbell, MD, FAAP; Deepak Kamat, MD, FAAP; Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH, FAAP