Pediatrics / Edition 2

by Jane E. Puls, A. Eugene Osburn

Overview

One learns medicine, including pediatrics, by first learning a set of rules and then spending the rest of his/her productive career discovering exceptions to those rules. This book is intended to serve as a study guide for organizing the acquisition of an initial foundation of information about pediatric topics. Without an initial set of rules all new information is simply another new rule, and not an interpretive frame of reference for the deeper level of understanding that occurs with the recognition that one is dealing with a change in his previously held belief. As such, we have attempted to include what we think most would agree are commonly held operational "facts" of pediatrics, and have not tried to justify or sub­ stantiate the facts with references or lengthy background information as to why these facts are currently thought to be true. Our primary intent in writing this book is to provide an adequate core of pediatric information to enable one to pass the pediatric portion of the national boards. We hope it will also provide a foundation for those who wish to spend more time discovering why children are different. If this study guide fulfills whichever of these needs is yours, it will have been successful. Jane E. PuIs, M. D. A. Eugene Osburn, D. O. vii Acknowledgments No effort of this magnitude can be accomplished without a good deal of support.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387946344
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	05/02/1996
Series:	Oklahoma Notes
Edition description:	2nd ed. 1996
Pages:	390
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1 Health Maintenance Care.- 2 The Newborn.- 3 Adolescent Disorders.- 4 Recurrent Nonemergent Problems.- 5 Genetics, Metabolic Disease & Endocrinology.- 6 Immunologic — Mediated Disorders.- 7 Neoplastic Disorders.- 8 Infectious Diseases.- 9 Respiratory Disorders.- 10 Cardiovascular Disorders.- 11 Hematology.- 12 Gastrointestinal Disorders.- 13 Renal Disorders.- 14 Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders.- 15 Neurologic Disorders.- 16 Musculoskeletal Disorders.- 17 Approach to Pediatric Emergencies.- 18 Childhood Poisonings and Ingestions.- 19 Child Abuse and Neglect.- Self-Assessment Examination.- Answers.