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Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics E-Book
Robert M. Kliegman | Bonita M.D. Stanton | Joseph St. Geme | Nina F Schor
(2015)
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Abstract
After more than 75 years, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics remains your indispensable source for definitive, state-of-the-art answers on every aspect of pediatric care. Embracing the new advances in science as well as the time-honored art of pediatric practice, this classic reference provides the essential information that practitioners and other care providers involved in pediatric health care throughout the world need to understand to effectively address the enormous range of biologic, psychologic, and social problems that our children and youth may face. Brand-new chapters and comprehensive revisions throughout ensure that you have the most recent information on diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases based on the latest recommendations and methodologies.
- Form a definitive diagnosis and create the best treatment plans possible using evidence-based medicine and astute clinical experiences from leading international authors—many new to this edition.
- A NEW layout provides superior portability and exceptional ease of use.
- Gain a more complete perspective. Along with a broader emphasis on imaging and molecular diagnoses and updated references, the new edition includes an increased focus on international issues to ensure relevance in pediatrics practice throughout the world.
- Effectively apply the latest techniques and approaches with complete updates throughout 35 new chapters, including: Innovations in Addressing Child Health and Survival in Low Income Settings; Developmental Domains and Theories of Cognition; The Reggio Emilia Educational Approach Catatonia ; Refeeding Syndrome; Altitude-associated Illness; Genetic Approaches to Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases; Healthcare−Associated Infections; Intrapartum and Peripartum Infections; Bath salts and other drugs of abuse; Small Fiber Polyneuropathy; Microbiome; Kingella kingae; Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy; Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Plagiocephaly; CNS Vasculitis; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture; and Sports-Related Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Recognize, diagnose, and manage genetic and acquired conditions more effectively. A new Rehabilitation section with 10 new chapters, including: Evaluation of the Child for Rehabilitative Services; Severe Traumatic Brain Injury; Spinal Cord Injury and Autonomic Crisis Management; Spasticity; Birth Brachial Plexus Palsy; Traumatic and Sports-Related Injuries; Meningomyelocele; Health and Wellness for Children with Disabilities.
- Manage the transition to adult healthcare for children with chronic diseases through discussions of the overall health needs of patients with congenital heart defects, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis.
- Understand the principles of therapy and which drugs and dosages to prescribe for every disease.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9780323263528v1_WEB | 1 | ||
| Front Cover | 1 | ||
| IFC_ExpertConsult | 2 | ||
| Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 2-Volume Set | 3 | ||
| Copyright Page | 6 | ||
| Dedication | 7 | ||
| Contributors | 8 | ||
| Preface | 38 | ||
| Table Of Contents | 39 | ||
| Videos | 70 | ||
| I The Field of Pediatrics | 73 | ||
| 1 Overview of Pediatrics | 73 | ||
| Vital Statistics About Child Health (See Also Chapter 1.1) | 73 | ||
| The Changing Pediatric World | 75 | ||
| Morbidities among Children | 76 | ||
| Situational Special-Risk Populations | 77 | ||
| Children in Urban Settings | 77 | ||
| Children in Poverty | 77 | ||
| Children of Immigrants and Racial Minority Groups Including U.S. Native Americans | 78 | ||
| Children of Migrant Workers | 80 | ||
| Homeless Children | 80 | ||
| Runaway and Thrown-Away Children | 80 | ||
| Children Directly Affected By War and Other Forms of Direct Violence | 80 | ||
| Inherent Strengths in Vulnerable Children and Interventions | 81 | ||
| Global Warming | 81 | ||
| The Challenge to Pediatricians | 81 | ||
| Patterns of Healthcare | 81 | ||
| Planning and Implementing a System of Care | 82 | ||
| Health Services for At-Risk Populations | 82 | ||
| Evaluation of Healthcare | 83 | ||
| The Information Explosion of the 21St Century | 83 | ||
| Organization of the Profession and the Growth of Specialization | 83 | ||
| Bibliography | 85 | ||
| 1.1 Innovations in Addressing Child Health and Survival in Low-Income Settings | 84 | ||
| Global Burden and Mortality Trends | 84 | ||
| Causes of Newborn and Child Deaths | 84 | ||
| Understanding Social Determinants and Barriers for Care | 87 | ||
| Evidence-Based Interventions and Innovations to Address Inequities | 88 | ||
| Community Health Workers for Newborn and Child Health | 88 | ||
| The Role of Information Technology and mHealth Platforms | 89 | ||
| Cash Transfers to Reduce Poverty Barriers and Improve Child Health | 89 | ||
| Other Technologies and Innovations | 89 | ||
| Bibliography | 92 | ||
| 2 Quality and Safety in Healthcare for Children | 91 | ||
| The Need for Quality Improvement | 91 | ||
| What is Quality? | 91 | ||
| Definitions of Quality-Related Terms | 91 | ||
| Framework for Quality | 91 | ||
| Developing Guidelines to Establish the Standard for Quality | 93 | ||
| Improving Quality | 93 | ||
| Model for Improvement | 93 | ||
| Six Sigma | 94 | ||
| LEAN | 94 | ||
| Management Sciences | 95 | ||
| Measuring Quality | 95 | ||
| Analyzing Quality Data | 97 | ||
| Comparing and Reporting Quality | 97 | ||
| Quality and Patient Safety | 98 | ||
| Medical Errors in Children’s Healthcare | 98 | ||
| Key Issues in Patient Safety | 99 | ||
| Systems Approach | 99 | ||
| Developing a Culture of Safety | 99 | ||
| Communication. | 99 | ||
| Teamwork and Authority Gradients. | 99 | ||
| Human Factors Engineering. | 99 | ||
| Reliability. | 99 | ||
| Implications of the U.S. Healthcare Reform for Quality | 99 | ||
| The Evolution of Quality to Outcomes to Value | 100 | ||
| Information Technology and Quality Improvement | 100 | ||
| Quality Improvement or Research? | 100 | ||
| Expanding Individual Quality Improvement Initiatives to Scale | 100 | ||
| International Efforts for Quality Improvement | 100 | ||
| Bibliography | 102 | ||
| 3 Ethics in Pediatric Care | 101 | ||
| Assent and Parental Permission | 101 | ||
| Treatment of Critically ILL Children | 103 | ||
| Transitioning the Goals of Care | 103 | ||
| Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment | 103 | ||
| Advance Directives. | 103 | ||
| Artificial Hydration and Nutrition. | 104 | ||
| The Doctrine of Double Effect. | 104 | ||
| Care of Disabled Newborns | 104 | ||
| Declaring Death and Organ Donation | 104 | ||
| Death by Neurologic Criteria | 105 | ||
| Circulatory Death | 105 | ||
| Religious or Cultural Objections to Treatment | 105 | ||
| Pediatric Ethics Committees and Ethics Consultation | 105 | ||
| Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing | 105 | ||
| Adolescent Healthcare | 106 | ||
| Adolescent Assent and Consent | 106 | ||
| Chronic Illness | 106 | ||
| Decisions in Terminally Ill Adolescents | 106 | ||
| Research | 106 | ||
| Balancing Maternal and Fetal Interests | 107 | ||
| Justice and Pediatric Ethics | 107 | ||
| Emerging Issues | 107 | ||
| Bibliography | 109 | ||
| 4 Cultural Issues in Pediatric Care | 108 | ||
| The Importance of Culture to Medical Practice | 108 | ||
| Newly Recognized Cultural Groups | 108 | ||
| The Culture of the Medical Profession | 108 | ||
| Cultural Competence | 111 | ||
| Cultural Awareness | 111 | ||
| Cultural Knowledge | 111 | ||
| Cultural Skill | 113 | ||
| Cultural Encounters | 113 | ||
| Cultural Desire | 113 | ||
| Bibliography | 114 | ||
| 5 Maximizing Children’s Health: | 113 | ||
| Periodicity | 115 | ||
| Guidelines | 115 | ||
| Tasks of Well-Child Care | 115 | ||
| Infancy and Early Childhood | 115 | ||
| Middle Childhood and Adolescence | 117 | ||
| Office Intervention for Behavioral and Mental Health Issues | 117 | ||
| Strength-Based Approaches and Framework | 117 | ||
| Office System Change for Quality Improvement | 117 | ||
| Evidence | 117 | ||
| Caring for the Child and Youth in the Context of the Family and Community | 117 | ||
| Bibliography | 118 | ||
| 5.1 Injury Control | 117 | ||
| Injury Control (Formerly Called Accident Prevention) | 119 | ||
| Scope of the Problem | 119 | ||
| Mortality | 119 | ||
| Nonfatal Injuries | 120 | ||
| Global Child Injuries | 120 | ||
| Principles of Injury Control | 120 | ||
| Risk Factors for Childhood Injuries | 121 | ||
| Age | 121 | ||
| Gender | 121 | ||
| Race and Ethnicity | 121 | ||
| Socioeconomic Status | 122 | ||
| Rural–Urban Location | 122 | ||
| Environment | 122 | ||
| Mechanisms of Injury | 122 | ||
| Motor Vehicle Injuries | 122 | ||
| Occupants | 122 | ||
| Teenage Drivers | 123 | ||
| All-Terrain Vehicles. | 124 | ||
| Bicycle Injuries. | 124 | ||
| Pedestrian Injuries. | 124 | ||
| Ski- and Snowboard-Related Head Injuries. | 124 | ||
| Fire- and Burn-Related Injuries. | 124 | ||
| Poisoning. | 124 | ||
| Drowning. | 124 | ||
| Traumatic Brain Injury. | 124 | ||
| Firearm Injuries. | 124 | ||
| Falls. | 125 | ||
| Violent Behavior and Aggression. | 125 | ||
| Psychosocial Consequences of Injuries | 125 | ||
| Bibliography | 126 | ||
| II Growth, Development, and Behavior | 127 | ||
| 6 Overview and Assessment of Variability | 127 | ||
| Biopsychosocial Model and Ecobiodevelopmental Framework: Models of Development | 127 | ||
| Biologic Influences | 127 | ||
| Psychologic Influences: Attachment and Contingency | 128 | ||
| Social Factors: Family Systems and the Ecologic Model | 129 | ||
| Unifying Concepts: The Transactional Model, Risk, and Resilience | 129 | ||
| Developmental Domains and Theories of Emotion and Cognition | 130 | ||
| Psychoanalytic Theories | 130 | ||
| Cognitive Theories | 130 | ||
| Behavioral Theory | 131 | ||
| Theories Commonly Employed in Behavioral Interventions | 131 | ||
| Statistics Used in Describing Growth and Development | 131 | ||
| Bibliography | 134 | ||
| 7 Cognitive Development: | 133 | ||
| Methodologies | 133 | ||
| Physical Knowledge Development | 135 | ||
| Social Knowledge Development | 135 | ||
| Theories of Cognitive Development | 136 | ||
| Bibliography | 137 | ||
| 7.1 The Reggio Emilia Educational Approach and Child Development and Learning | 136 | ||
| The Emotional Component | 138 | ||
| The Ethical Component | 138 | ||
| The Aesthetic Component | 138 | ||
| Pedagogic Thinking: Core Concepts Around 3 Major Areas | 138 | ||
| The Image of the Child | 138 | ||
| The Image of the Educator | 139 | ||
| The Image of the Contextual Community | 139 | ||
| The Developmental Theories of Greenspan, Vygotsky, and Malaguzzi | 139 | ||
| Greenspan on Well-Being and the Sense of Self | 139 | ||
| Vygotsky and the Reggio Emilia Approach | 140 | ||
| Reggio Approach and Relationships with Parents | 140 | ||
| Bibliography | 142 | ||
| 8 Assessment of Fetal Growth and Development | 141 | ||
| Somatic Development | 141 | ||
| Embryonic Period | 141 | ||
| Fetal Period | 141 | ||
| Neurologic Development | 141 | ||
| Behavioral Development | 141 | ||
| Psychologic Changes in Parents | 143 | ||
| Threats to Fetal Development | 143 | ||
| Bibliography | 145 | ||
| 9 The Newborn | 144 | ||
| Parental Role in Mother–Infant Attachment | 144 | ||
| Prenatal Factors | 144 | ||
| Peripartum and Postpartum Influences | 146 | ||
| The Infant’s Role in Mother–Infant Attachment | 146 | ||
| Physical Examination | 146 | ||
| Interactional Abilities | 146 | ||
| Modulation of Arousal | 146 | ||
| Behavioral States | 146 | ||
| Mutual Regulation | 146 | ||
| Implications for the Pediatrician | 146 | ||
| Optimal Practices | 146 | ||
| Assessing Parent–Infant Interactions | 147 | ||
| Teaching About Individual Competencies | 147 | ||
| Bibliography | 149 | ||
| 10 The First Year | 148 | ||
| Age 0-2 Months | 150 | ||
| Physical Development | 150 | ||
| Cognitive Development | 150 | ||
| Emotional Development | 151 |