Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2nd Edition

DESCRIPTION

The most practice-oriented guide to diagnosing and managing infectious diseases in children.

Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, Second Edition is filled with practical, clinically relevant guidance for successful infectious disease management. The care of the patient forms the core of this indispensable resource, which also provides perspectives on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis that every pediatrician, pediatric hospitalist, and pediatric nurse practitioner needs to know. The book's high-yield coverage includes detailed, yet precise overviews of specific infections and their etiology, along with proven diagnostic and management strategies that readers can incorporate into their practice right away.

FEATURES:

• Tips that tell you what you must know--and do--at every stage of care

• Diagnostic and treatment algorithms

• Signs/Symptoms and Differential Diagnosis boxes

• "When to Refer" boxes, which examine all the relevant clinical considerations

• Diagnostic Tests--with a realistic emphasis on the right tests to order

• Medical Treatment coverage that includes drugs, dosages, and administration in an easy-to-read tabular format

• Convenient icons and a templated chapter design

• Numerous clinical color photos and didactic diagrams

• NEW! Clinical Pearls boxes accompany coverage of each infectious disease

• Updated treatment guidelines and protocols from the CDC

If you are in need of an up-to-date, clinically relevant guide to treating infectious diseases in pediatric patients, your search ends here.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1. Practical Aspects

1Clinical Microbiology

2Clinical Virology

3Active immunization, passive immunization and chemoprophylaxis

4Office infection control (daycare)

5Hospital infection control6Infectious Diseases Epidemiology

Section 2 Signs and Symptoms

7Chronic Abdominal Pain

8Ataxia

9Dysuria

10Headache

11Joint Complaints

12Neck pain

13Rash 

14Stridor

15Wheezing

Section 3 Infections of Organ Systems

Part A Neurologic Infections

16Meningitis

17Encephalitis

18Transverse myelitis

19Movement disorders

Part B Ophthalmologic Infections

20Conjunctivitis in the neonate

21Conjunctivitis in the older child

22Periorbital and orbital infections

23Keratitis

Part C Oral Cavity and Neck Infections

24Pharyngitis and stomatitis

25Peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscess

26Cervical lymphadenitis

27Gingival and Periodontal Infections

Part D Upper Respiratory Infections

28Otitis media

29Otitis externa

30Rhinosinusitis

31Croup

Part E Lower Respiratory Infections

32Bronchiolitis

33Uncomplicated pneumonia

34Complicated pneumonia

35Recurrent pneumonia

36Childhood tuberculosis 

Part F Cardiac Infections

37Endocarditis

38Myocarditis and Pericarditis

39Acute rheumatic fever

Part G Gastrointestinal Infections

40Gastroenteritis

41Hepatitis

42Antibiotic-associated diarrhea

Part H Genitourinary Infections

43Urinary tract infections

44Pelvic inflammatory diseases