The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics

Up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to pediatric clinical problems—at your fingertips

(Edited by), Shawna Silver (Edited by), Deborah Schonfeld (Edited by), Siobhán Neville (Edited by), Catherine Diskin (Edited by)

9780323713405

Paperback / softback, published 24 February 2022

1344 pages, 300 illustrations (300 in full color)
18.7 x 11.1 x 7.9 cm, 1.02 kg

Practical and pocket sized, The Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Pediatrics has been a trusted clinical reference for more than 50 years. The fully revised 12th Edition continues this tradition of excellence with succinct, easily accessible, and evidence-based answers for the diagnosis and management of pediatric patients. Get the reliable information you need from staff pediatricians, specialists, residents, and fellows at one of the top pediatric hospitals in the world.

• Provides the most up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to pediatric clinical problems using evidence-based guidelines.
• Contains new chapters on mental health and technology and medical complexity.
• Offers quick access to comprehensive information on urgent situations in a six-chapter Acute Care section devoted to pediatric emergencies.
• Includes abundant algorithms for bedside diagnoses and management of various scenarios.
• Offers fast access to key information such as normal reference values for various ages and sizes of pediatric patients, common equations and normal vital signs, and resuscitation drugs.
• Widely used by medical students, residents, practicing pediatricians, family physicians, emergency physicians, nurses, and other interdisciplinary practitioners.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Section I: Acute Care Pediatrics

Subject Areas: Paediatric medicine [MJW]