Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Pediatrics**Covering every aspect of general pediatric practice, as well as details for many pediatric subspecialists, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd Edition, brings you fully up to date with everything from rapidly changing diagnostic and treatment protocols to new technologies to the wide range of biologic, psychologic, and social problems faced by children today. Edited and written by experts and prominent members of the pediatric medical community, this comprehensive two-volume reference covers both the science and art of pediatric practice. It remains the reference of choice among pediatricians, pediatric residents, and others involved in the care of young patients, delivering the information you need in a concise, easy-to-use format for everyday reference and study.- Features a user-friendly format with short chapters and subchapters that allow you to quickly find the information you need- Includes more than 60 new chapters on topics covering the impact of social factors on children's health, the impact of genetic discoveries on understanding diagnosing and treating childhood diseases, updating of current evidenced based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to childhood diseases, and more- Offers new and expanded information on gene therapy; interferonopathies; reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME); e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI); monkeypox; food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES); signaling pathway disorders; ciliopathies; very early onset inflammatory bowel disease; Epstein-Barr virus susceptibility disorders; marijuana smoke exposure; and much more- Features hundreds of new figures and tables throughout for visual clarity and quick reference, real-time videos, and regular updates online, written exclusively for Nelson- Provides fresh perspectives from two new associate editors: Abigail M. Schuh and Cara L. Mack, both of Medical College of Wisconsin- Remains your indispensable source for definitive, evidence-based answers on every aspect of pediatric care- Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Table of Contents
Volume 1Part I the Field of PediatricsPart II Growth, Development, and BehaviorPart III Behavioral and Psychiatric DisordersPart IV Learning and Developmental DisordersPart V NutritionPart VI Fluid and Electrolyte DisordersPart VII Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, and AnesthesiaPart VIII Human GeneticsPart IX Metabolic DisordersPart X the Fetus and the Neonatal InfantPart XI Adolescent MedicinePart XII ImmunologySection 1 Evaluation of the Immune SystemSection 2 the T-, B-, and Nk-cell SystemsSection 3 the Phagocytic SystemSection 4 Complement SystemSection 5 Immune DysregulationSection 6 Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationPart XIII Allergic DisordersPart XIV Rheumatic Diseases of Childhood (Connective Tissue Disease, Collagen Vascular Diseases)Part XV Infectious DiseasesSection 1 General ConsiderationsSection 2 Preventive MeasuresSection 3 Antibiotic TherapySection 4 Gram-positive Bacterial InfectionsSection 5 Gram-negative Bacterial InfectionsSection 6 Anaerobic Bacterial InfectionsSection 7 Mycobacterial InfectionsSection 8 Spirochetal InfectionsSection 9 Mycoplasmal InfectionsSection 10 Chlamydial InfectionsSection 11 Rickettsial InfectionsSection 12 Fungal InfectionsSection 13 Viral InfectionsSection 14 Antiparasitic TherapySection 15 Protozoan DiseasesSection 16 Helminthic DiseasesVolume 2Part XVI The Digestive SystemSection 1 Clinical Manifestations of Gastrointestinal DiseaseSection 2 the Oral CavitySection 3 the EsophagusSection 4 Stomach and IntestinesSection 5 Exocrine PancreasSection 6 the Liver and Biliary SystemSection 7 PeritoneumPart XVII The Respiratory SystemSection 1 Development and FunctionSection 2 Disorders of the Respiratory TractPart XVIII The Cardiovascular SystemSection 1 Developmental Biology of the Cardiovascular SystemSection 2 Evaluation of the Cardiovascular System and the Child With a Heart MurmurSection 3 Congenital Heart DiseaseSection 4 Cardiac ArrhythmiasSection 5 Acquired Heart DiseaseSection 6 Diseases of the Myocardium and PericardiumSection 7 Cardiac TherapeuticsSection 8 Diseases of the Peripheral Vascular SystemPart XIX Diseases of the BloodSection 1 the Hematopoietic SystemSection 2 Anemias of Inadequate ProductionSection 3 Hemolytic AnemiasSection 4 Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis)Section 5 the PancytopeniasSection 6 Blood Component TransfusionsSection 7 Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic DiseasesSection 8 the SpleenSection 9 the Lymphatic SystemPart XX Cancer and Benign TumorsPart XXI NephrologySection 1 Glomerular DiseaseSection 2 Conditions Particularly Associated With HematuriaSection 3 Conditions Particularly Associated With ProteinuriaSection 4 Tubular DisordersPart XXII Urologic Disorders in Infants and ChildrenPart XXIII Gynecologic Problems of ChildhoodPart XXIV the Endocrine SystemSection 1 Disorders of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary GlandSection 2 Disorders of the Thyroid GlandSection 3 Disorders of the Parathyroid GlandSection 4 Disorders of the Adrenal GlandSection 5 Disorders of the GonadsSection 6 Diabetes Mellitus in ChildrenPart XXV the Nervous SystemPart XXVI Neuromuscular DisordersPart XXVII Disorders of the EyePart XXVIII The EarPart XXIX The SkinPart XXX Bone and Joint DisordersSection 1 Orthopedic ProblemsSection 2 Sports MedicineSection 3 the Skeletal DysplasiasSection 4 Connective Tissue DisordersSection 5 Metabolic Bone DiseasePart XXXI Rehabilitation MedicinePart XXXII Environmental HealthPart XXXIII Laboratory Medicine (Available in Digital Format Only)
