Oski S Pediatrics

A comprehensive guide to the current practice of pediatric care, this updated edition includes new chapters on complementary and alternative medicine, genetics in primary care, and updated chapters regarding infant and child behavior and development.

The Third Edition of Oski's Pediatrics has been thoroughly updated and completely reorganized for greater accessibility. The new Rapid Access section provides succinct overviews of 200 common problems, including definition, etiology, clinical presentation, studies, and treatment for quick reference. Each entry is cross-referenced to the appropriate text chapter. New chapters include measuring the quality of care in pediatrics; genetic testing in pediatric primary care; gene therapy; adoption; antiretroviral therapy in pediatric AIDS; postexposure prophylaxis in pediatric AIDS; acquired cytomegaloviral infections; the cestodes; hernia; childhood obesity; neuroendocrine disorders; amyloidosis; and care of the child with a solid organ transplant. Now available on CD-ROM! Oski's Pediatrics, Third Edition can also be purchased with an accompanying interactive CD-ROM that includes the full text and illustrations plus the text of Dr. Loren D. Walensky's companion handbook, Rapid Access Pediatrics.

This concise text presents the essential information that medical students, residents, and other clinicians need to diagnose and treat patients. Chapters focus on specific clinical problems and follow a user-friendly format, with numerous illustrations, algorithms, tables, and graphs. A new section on presenting signs and symptoms has been added, and the chapter organization has been revised for easier reference.

The Third Edition of Oski's Pediatrics has been thoroughly updated and completely reorganized for greater accessibility. Spanning the entire range of contemporary pediatric medicine, this book is an authoritative, easy-to-use, and clinically relevant reference for students, residents, and clinicians. This edition's new Rapid Access section provides succinct overviews of 200 common problems, including definition, etiology, clinical presentation, studies, and treatment for quick reference. Each entry is cross-referenced to the appropriate text chapter. The text chapters are detailed, succinct, and clinically relevant, with numerous tables and algorithms. They cover every aspect of pediatrics, including neonatology, ambulatory care, psychiatric and behavioral disorders, chronic illness, adolescent medicine, sports medicine, infectious diseases, organ system disorders, and critical care. New chapters include measuring the quality of care in pediatrics; genetic testing in pediatric primary care; gene therapy; adoption; antiretroviral therapy in pediatric AIDS; postexposure prophylaxis in pediatric AIDS; acquired cytomegaloviral infections; the cestodes; hernia; childhood obesity; neuroendocrine disorders; amyloidosis; and care of the child with a solid organ transplant. A Pediatrician's Companion: Things You Forgot to Remember section provides easy access to frequently needed information: presenting signs and symptoms, normal lab values, pediatric procedures, and an atlas of syndromes with morphologic anomalies. Now available on CD-ROM! Oski's Pediatrics, Third Edition can also be purchased with an accompanying interactive CD-ROM that includes the full text and illustrations plus the text of Dr. Loren D. Walensky's companion handbook, Rapid Access Pediatrics. LWW/Medcases Case Companion on-line review tool for this title, click http://www.medcases.com/lippincott

Oski's Pediatric Certification and Recertification Board Review provides comprehensive coverage of all of the areas focused on in the board exam. Features include more than 300 board-style review questions, a full-color design and illustrations, and numerous Points to Remember.

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Based on the revised edition of Oski's Pediatrics: Principles and Practice third edition, this pocket-sized handbook is a reference covering essential information. Each entry details definition, aetiology, epidemiology, clinical presentations, diagnosis and treatment. The selected topics include those most likely to be seen in daily practice, paying special attention to neonatal, childhood and adolescent distinctions of each disease entity.