Ideal for those who provide primary care to infants, children, adolescents, and their families, this comprehensive clinical reference and text is easy to read and includes many tables and boxes to highlight information. Organized by body system to promote diagnostic reasoning, all chapters include sections on subjective data, anticipatory guidance, follow-up, and consultation/referral. Chapters on common presenting symptoms and problems include sections on health promotion, etiology, incidence, risk factors, differential ...
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Ideal for those who provide primary care to infants, children, adolescents, and their families, this comprehensive clinical reference and text is easy to read and includes many tables and boxes to highlight information. Organized by body system to promote diagnostic reasoning, all chapters include sections on subjective data, anticipatory guidance, follow-up, and consultation/referral. Chapters on common presenting symptoms and problems include sections on health promotion, etiology, incidence, risk factors, differential diagnoses, management - including treatment/medications, counseling/prevention, resources, and a bibliography. Content is organized by presenting symptoms rather than by diagnosis The consistent format and design facilitates quick retrieval of facts Risk factors are identified, alerting the practitioner to important considerations in the incidence section of each chapter Recommended treatments/medications, counseling, prevention, follow-up, consultations, and referrals are highlighted in the management sections Patient and family education is stressed throughout the chapters Specially designed alert boxes describe situations that may require consultation or referral. Key information is highlighted in boxes and tables to assist in raising awareness and facilitating clinical choices Expert authors include more than 70 clinicians and educators A new introductory chapter on Providing Health Care to Children addresses the role of the nurse practitioner in professional practice A new chapter expands coverage of Common Adolescent Concerns New content has been added on congenital anomalies (cardiovascular chapter), meningitis, Reye Syndrome, sickle cell anemia A new appendix provides useful internet sites A new four-page color insert includes 24 dermatology photos Special headings have been added for Note and Alert boxes Section openers include personal essays from nurse practitioners
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