The Harriet Lane Handbook E-Book: The Harriet Lane Handbook E-Book

by The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Keith Kleinman, Lauren McDaniel, Matthew Molloy

Overview

Every three years, The Harriet Lane Handbook is carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Easy to use, concise, and complete, this essential manual keeps you current with new guidelines, practice parameters, pharmacology, and more. The 22nd Edition of this portable reference continues to be the #1 source of pediatric point-of-care clinical information for pediatric residents, students, nurses, and all healthcare professionals who treat young patients.

• Trusted for more than 65 years for fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment.
• Updated and expanded content includes an all-new chapter on Psychiatry, plus reorganized information on Emergency and Critical Care Management, as well as Traumatic Injuries.
• The popular Pediatric Drug Formulary, updated by Carlton K. K. Lee, PharmD, MPH, provides the latest in pharmacologic treatment of pediatric patients.
• Outline format ensures you’ll find information quickly and easily, even in the most demanding circumstances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323674096
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	04/22/2020
Series:	Mobile Medicine
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1272
File size:	165 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Barone, Michael A., MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital)

Table of Contents

1 Emergency and Critical Care Management 2 Traumatic Injuries 3 Toxicology 4 Procedures 5 Adolescent Medicine 6 Analgesia and Procedural 7 Cardiology 8 Dermatology 9 Development Behavior and Developmental Disability 10 Endocrinology 11 Fluids and Electrolytes 12 Gastroenterology 13 Genetics: Metabolism and Dysmorphology 14 Hematology 15 Immunology and Allergy 16 Immunoprophylaxis 17 Microbiology and Infectious Disease 18 Neonatology 19 Nephrology 20 Neurology 21 Nutrition and Growth 22 Oncology 23 Palliative Care 24 Psychiatry 25 Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine 26 Radiology 27 Rheumatology 28 Blood Chemistry and Body Fluids 29 Biostatistics and Evidence- Based Medicine 30 Drug Dosages 31 Drugs in Renal Failure

What People are Saying About This

Publisher

"An invaluable compendium of materials" -- Family Medicine

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Judy Moreau, MD(Ochsner for Children)
Description: This is an updated version of "the" handbook for pediatrics that is the go-to guide for every pediatric resident. The previous edition was published in 2005.
Purpose: It achieves its goal of being a comprehensive and easily accessible guide to pediatrics.
Audience: The book is written for residents but is useful for practitioners as well.
Features: This pocket-sized handbook covers every topic in pediatrics from acute care to cardiology, neonatology, and nutrition. The new format with more relevant tables on the inner covers is excellent. It is also the accepted authority on pediatric drug dosing.
Assessment: This is the book to have as a companion during residency and as a resource during practice.

A 4x6.5<"> handbook of essential information for pediatric residents and health care professionals working with children. Contains sections on pediatric acute care, diagnostic and therapeutic information, and formulary, with numerous charts, tables, and conversion formulas. This edition features new information on adolescent medicine and updated information on infectious diseases, drugs, and pediatric vaccinations, plus color photos illustrating on blood smear evaluation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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