Manual of ambulatory pediatrics

• Other Authors: Boynton, Rose W. (Editor), Dunn, Elizabeth S. (Editor), Stephens, Geraldine R. (Editor), Pulcini, Joyce (Editor), McCann, Judy (volume editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2003
• Edition: Fifth Edition
• Subjects: Ambulatory Care > Handbook > methods; Pediatrics > Handbook > methods; Child > Handbook; Drug Therapy > Handbook > methods; Infant > Handbook; Nursing Care > Handbook > methods
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• Physical Description: xiv, 482 pages illustrations 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 458-460) and index
• ISBN: 9780781741361; 078174136X

This handy, pocket-sized manual is the perfect field companion! It provides quick, easy access to guidelines and protocols for the health supervision of children in ambulatory settings. Clear and concise - and with an emphasis on health education and prevention of illness - the book is divided into three organized units. Part I - Well Child Care: is organized by age-span and includes specific factors to be investigated; areas to be assessed; age-appropriate information for anticipatory guidance in the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social aspects of development; and child-rearing issues.Part II - Common Paediatric Health Problems: provides succinct protocols of management for 67 of the most common paediatric health problems, and includes etiology, incidence, communicability, differential diagnosis, management and nursing care, and in-depth family teaching. Current topics like AIDS, anorexia and bulimia are also covered. Part III - Drug Index: provides current guidance for 68 commonly used drugs, organized in outline format. Administration, timing, side effects, complications, and re-ordering are discussed for each drug. This edition covers topics such as: injury prevention guidelines for every age group; new guidelines for pertussis, poison ivy/poison oak dermatitis, and sinusitis; 11 new drugs; new paediatric immunization schedule