Developed by top pediatric hospitalists, Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, 3rd Edition, is sure to become your go-to resource from initial patient evaluation all the way through discharge management. Quickly obtain the essential information for managing a wide range of pediatric medical conditions in patients who have been admitted to the hospital with this trusted, pocket-sized reference. Each chapter not only discusses clinical presentation, essential laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, treatment, indications for consultation, and disposition but contains many helpful tables and an easy-to-follow template. Chapters also include a short bulleted list of essential pearls and pitfalls. Although the book focuses primarily on diseases and conditions, it contains helpful sections that address the many other issues practicing hospitalists are confronted with, including ethics, billing, utilization management, surge planning, and transport, as well as a brief section on common equipment. The alphabetized Contents has been updated to include Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hypertension, Constipation, Surge Planning, Utilization Management, and both Acute COVID-19 Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). A new part on newborn care has been added, covering topics such as breastfeeding, hypoglycemia of the newborn, and early onset sepsis.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents. Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and the former vice chairman of the department of pediatrics at the Jacobi Medical Center. Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM is a Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr Rauch has been very involved in the development of the field of pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) with leadership roles in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Academic Pediatric Association, planning the national PHM conference and 2 separate regional conferences, starting the national PHM Fellows meeting, and helping move forward the PHM certification effort. He is coeditor of Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, 3e, and Challenging Cases in Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Adolescent 1. Anovulatory Uterine Bleeding 2. Eating Disorders 3. Sexually Transmitted Infections Allergy 4. Anaphylaxis Behavioral and Mental Health 5. Acute Agitation 6. Autism Spectrum Disorder 7. Depression 8. Suicide and Self-Harm Cardiology 9. Arrhythmias and ECG Interpretation 10. Carditis: Myocarditis, Endocarditis, and Pericarditis 11. Congestive Heart Failure 12. Hypertension 13. Shock 14. Syncope Dermatology 15. Erythema Multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced Rash and Mucositis 16. Rashes Associated With Serious Underlying Disease 17. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Ear, Nose, Throat 18. Mastoiditis 19. Neck Masses 20. Orbital and Periorbital Cellulitis 21. Peritonsillar and Retropharyngeal Abscesses 22. Sinusitis 23. Stridor Endocrinology 24. Acute Adrenal Insufficiency 25. Diabetes, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Type 2 Diabetes 26. Diabetes Insipidus 27. Hyperthyroidism 28. Hypoglycemia Equipment 29. Feeding Tubes and Tracheostomies 30. Lines and Pumps Ethics and Palliative Care 31. Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate 32. Informed Consent, Assent, and Confidentiality 33. Palliative Care Gastroenterology 34. Acute Hepatitis 35. Constipation 36. Failure to Thrive 37. Gallbladder Disease 38. Gastroenteritis 39. Gastrointestinal Bleeding 40. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 41. Pancreatitis Genetics and Metabolism 42. Genetics 43. Inborn Errors of Metabolism Hematology 44. Anemia 45. Complications of Cancer Therapy 46. Deep Venous Thrombosis 47. Neutropenia 48. Sickle Cell Disease 49. Thrombocytopenia Hospitalist Practice 50. Billing 51. Cultural Effectiveness 52. Patient Safety 53. Surge Planning 54. Transport 55. Utilization Management Immunology and Rheumatology 56. Arthritis Associated With Systemic Disease 57. Henoch-SchOEnlein Purpura 58. Immunodeficiency 59. Kawasaki Disease 60. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Infectious Disease 61. COVID-19 62. Fever in Infants Younger Than 60 Days 63. Fever in the International Traveler 64. Fever of Unknown Origin 65. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) 66. Sepsis Ingestions 67. Gastrointestinal Foreign Body 68. Toxic Exposures Maltreatment 69. Child Abuse: Physical Abuse and Neglect 70. Sexual Abuse Nephrology 71. Acute Glomerulonephritis 72. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome 73. Nephrolithiasis 74. Nephrotic Syndrome 75. Pyelonephritis Neurology 76. Acute Hemiparesis 77. Acute Weakness 78. Altered Mental Status 79. Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Complications 80. Demyelinating Disorders 81. Headache 82. Seizures Newborn Care 83. Breastfeeding 84. Early Onset Sepsis 85. Hypoglycemia of the Newborn 86. Late Preterm Infants 87. Neonatal Abstinence (Withdrawal) Syndrome 88. Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Nutrition 89. Fluids and Electrolytes 90. Obesity Ophthalmology 91. Ocular Trauma 92. Red Eye Orthopedics 93. Fractures 94. Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis Pulmonology 95. Acute Asthma Exacerbation 96. Acute Respiratory Failure 97. Airway Management and Respiratory Support 98. Brief Resolved Unexplained Events 99. Bronchitis 100. Community-Acquired Pneumonia 101. Complications of Cystic Fibrosis 102. Foreign Body Aspiration Sedation and Analgesia 103. Pain Management 104. Sedation Surgery 105. Abdominal Masses 106. Acute Abdomen 107. Pyloric Stenosis 108. Wound Care Basics
