A guide to the dosing and usage of medications in children. Drug monographs include related information on drugs, brand names, synonyms, therapeutic category, whether a generic version is available, use, pregnancy risk factor, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, drug interactions, food interactions, stability, mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, usual dosage, administration, monitoring parameters, additional information, dosage forms, administration, monitoring parameters, reference range, test interactions, patient information, nursing implications, extemporaneous preparations, and references. Appendix contains sections on cardiology, comparative drug charts, conversion tables, cytochrome P450 and drug metabolism, dermatology, endocrinology, fluids, electrolytes, & nutrition, growth & development, hematology and oncology, hotline numbers, infectious diseases and immunology, laboratory normals, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, pulmonary, threapeutic drug monitoring, and toxicology.

Concise, current, need-to-know coverage of emergency medicine in children – presented in full colorEndorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians "...a comprehensive and current resource for anyone who cares for children in an acute setting, from the office to the emergency department. Its presentation is straightforward, and the information is easy to read and assimilate. It will be a valuable resource for those in the field of pediatric emergency medicine as well as other practitioners who occasionally care for sick children."—JAMA (reviewing an earlier edition)This clinically-focused guide covers the entire field of pediatric emergency medicine. Featuring a strong focus on practical need-to-know information Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition is bolstered by numerous full-color images, bulleted High-Yield Facts at the beginning of each chapter, nearly 100 diagnostic and treatment algorithms, and treatment tables with drug dosages. Endorsed by the American College of Emergency Physicians, this book is perfect for use in the emergency department or the pediatric clinic.FEATURES•Chapters open with bulleted High-Yield Facts, followed by just enough pathophysiology for understanding, and continue with a focus on what needs to be done to protect and save the child•Broad scope spans the full spectrum of pediatric emergencies -- from trauma care to psychosocial emergencies•NEW CHAPTER on Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (BRUE)•Opens with an important symptom-based section of Cardinal Presentations that familiarizes you with crucial life-saving protocols•Covers all major categories of disease that present in children on an urgent or emergent basisIf you are in need of a very readable and easily accessible, evidence-based text written to help you provide high quality emergency medical care to children, your search ends here.

The revised and the expanded second edition of this concise and targeted handbook presents the “need-to-know” musculoskeletal conditions and injuries required for all health care providers dealing with pediatric patients, including primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, radiologists, residents, students, nurses, and therapists, to brush up on pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine topics with ease. The most up-to-date information is contained within themed chapters--sports injuries and pediatric trauma, for example--as well as by anatomical region--the hip, knee, foot, spine, etc.--including chapters new to this edition covering pediatric musculoskeletal image interpretation and general aspects of sports medicine. This book addresses high-yield points needed for both general day-to-day pediatric orthopedics and sports medicine practice as well as information needed for the musculoskeletal section of the General Pediatrics Certifying Examination and other board exams for other specialties, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists. Well-illustrated and utilizing an easy-to-follow, bullet-pointed format, Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine gives the reader the basic knowledge to be able to identify and understand the management of common pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine conditions, and indications to either treat these conditions or refer the patient to an orthopedist.

NeoFax serves as a standard drag dosage reference for all who work in neonatal units because it includes dosage information very specific to neonate care. The unique author team of a doctor and pharmacist make this useful to doctors, nurses and pharmacists for prescribing, administering and preparing medicine for neonates. -- Includes dosages for many drags that are commonly used off-label. -- Numerous drags have been added to this edition (amphotericin B lipid complex, cefoxitin, fosphenytonin, lamivudine, nevirapine, Vitamin A, Curosurf, Infrasurf, and Similac Human Milk Fortifier) and thirty-six references have been updated in 2000. -- Dose and administration, uses, monitoring, pharmacology, adverse effects/precautions, special considerations/preparations, selected references, and date of last update are included for each entry. -- Antibiotic dosing charts are designed to reflect renal and drug elimination are correlated with Postmenstrual Age (consistent with American Academy of Pediatrics).