Injury Prevention and Control
Injury Prevention and Control Modena Hoover Wilson Rebecca Levin-Goodman In the United States and many other countries, injury is the leading cause of death for pediatric patients who survive the…
Immunization
Immunization Neal A. Halsey Immunizations are among the most efficacious and cost-effective interventions available to improve the health and well-being of children. In the second half of the twentieth century,…
Feeding the Healthy Child
Feeding the Healthy Child Laurence Finberg Although the feeding of infants and children is a part of the cultural inheritance of all societies, it behooves pediatricians to understand both the…
Evaluating and Using Laboratory Tests
Evaluating and Using Laboratory Tests Cynthia S. Minkovitz Lawrence S. Wissow Health care spending in the United States for clinical laboratory services continues to increase as new and more complex…
Ambulatory Care: Present and Future
Ambulatory Care: Present and Future Morris Green DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF AMBULATORY CARE Ambulatory pediatrics encompasses the diagnosis and management of acute disease, developmental problems, and psychosocial illnesses; the continuing…
Molecular Genetics
Molecular Genetics Charles P. Venditti Haig H. Kazazian Jr. The golden age of biology and medical science began around 1945, and can be traced to the work, both basic and…
Genetics in Pediatric Primary Care
Genetics in Pediatric Primary Care Tyler Reimschisel Ada Hamosh Many health care professionals consider genetic diseases to be limited to single-gene disorders, such as sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis (CF),…
Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology and Therapy
Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology and Therapy Melanie S. Kim Michael J. G. Somers The regulation of body fluids is maintained within a narrow range in healthy children, despite the wide…
Complementary, Alternative, Holistic, and Integrative Medicine
Complementary, Alternative, Holistic, and Integrative Medicine Kathi J. Kemper Historically, health care providers considered complementary or unconventional therapies as a nonscientific alternative to mainstream medicine. However, rising patient demand and…
Pharmacologic Principles of Drug Therapy
Pharmacologic Principles of Drug Therapy George C. Rodgers Jr. Nancy J. Matyunas The primary goal of drug therapy is to cure or ameliorate disease while causing minimal side effects. To…
