Contents -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- REFERENCES -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Clinical Pediatrics -- 1 Growth and Development - Anticipatory Guidance Arthur N. Feinberg -- Introduction -- Monitoring Growth -- A Few Tips -- Development -- Introduction -- Developmental Skills -- A Few Tips -- Developmental Theories -- Maturational Theories -- Psychosexual Theories -- Behavioral and Learning Theories -- Anticipatory Guidance -- Prenatal Visit -- The First Newborn Visit -- The One and Two-Month Visit -- The Four-Month Visit -- The Six-Month Visit -- The Nine-Month Visit -- The One-Year Visit -- The 15-Month Visit -- The 18-Month Visit -- The Two-Year Visit -- The Three-Year Visit -- The Four-Year Visit -- The Five-Year Visit -- The Seven-Year Visit -- Preadolescent Visit -- Resources -- REFERENCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 2 Immunizations Arthur N. Feinberg and Victoria Langston -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 3 Genetic Counseling Trudy McKanna and Helga V. Toriello -- Introduction -- Reasons for Referral -- An Abnormal Newborn Screening Test -- Congenital Hypotonia -- Unexplained Intrauterine Growth Retardation -- A Single Major or Multiple Major With or Without Additional Minor Anomalies -- Dysmorphic Features, Particularly if Accompanied by Developmental Delay or Cognitive Impairment -- Failure to Thrive -- A Known Metabolic Disorder or Symptoms of a Metabolic Disorder -- Abnormal Brain MRI Findings -- Unusual Growth Pattern for the Family, or Hemihypertrophy -- Evidence of a Connective Tissue Disorder -- Congenital Eye Anomalies and/or Early-Onset Blindness -- Congenital or Early-Onset Significant Hearing Loss, Not Associated with Recurrent Otitis Media -- Cardiomyopathy Unrelated to a Viral Infection -- Unusual Skin Findings, Including Differences in Pigmentation or Multiple Lesions or Types of Lesions.

Bilateral or Multifocal Malignancies -- Clotting Disorders -- Significant Family History of Medical or Psychiatric Conditions that Places the Patient at Risk for Developing Similar Symptoms -- A Known or Suspected Genetic Disorder -- What Happens in a Genetics Clinic? -- Known Diagnosis -- Unknown Diagnosis -- Ambiguous Test Results -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4 Dental Problems in the General Pediatric Office Joseph D'Ambrosio -- Introduction -- Dental Caries -- Oral Lesions and Viral Enanthems -- Developmental Anomalies of the Oral Cavity -- Geographic Tongue -- Fissured Tongue -- Dental Trauma -- Tooth Fracture -- Tooth Luxation -- Tooth Avulsion -- Soft Tissue Trauma -- Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 5 Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems in General Pediatrics Vinay N. Reddy -- Introduction -- Otitis Media -- Treatment -- Otitis Externa -- Allergic Rhinitis -- Infectious Rhinitis (The Common Cold) -- Sinusitis -- Pharyngitis and Tonsilitis -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 6 Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents Bantu Samridhi Chhangani -- Introduction -- Sleep Architecture -- Ontogeny of Sleep -- Sleep Wake Mechanism -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical Presentation -- Diagnosis -- Management -- When to Refer -- Restless Legs Syndrome -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Etiology/Risk Factors -- Comorbidities -- Clinical Presentation -- Diagnosis -- Evaluation -- Differential Diagnosis -- Management -- When to Refer -- Narcolepsy -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Presentation -- Associated Features Include -- Pathophysiology -- Differential Diagnosis -- Treatment -- When to Refer -- Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical Presentation -- Diagnosis -- Differential Diagnosis -- Management -- When to Refer.

Behavioral Insomnia of Childhood -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical Presentation -- Diagnosis -- Differential Diagnosis -- Management -- When to Refer -- REFERENCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 7 Adolescent Health Donald E. Greydanus and Dilip R. Patel -- Introduction -- Caring for Adolescents -- Involvement of Parents -- Confidentiality -- Health Status of Adolescents -- Medical Disorders of Adolescents -- Urinary Tract Infection -- Substance Abuse Disorders -- Impact of Drug Use and Medical Disorders in Youth -- Mental Health -- Abuse -- Sexual Behavior -- Adolescent Pregnancy -- Introduction -- Risks of Adolescent Pregnancy -- Risks for Children of Adolescents -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- The Adolescent Sexual Offender -- Youth Violence -- Mortality -- Introduction -- Homicide and Suicide -- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Runaway and Homeless Youth -- Incarcerated Youth -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 8 The Internet and the Pediatrician in the 21st Century Vinay N. Reddy -- Introduction -- Patient Education and the Internet -- Computers, the Internet, and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Mental Health -- 9 Common Topics in Pediatric Psychiatry Joseph L. Calles, Jr. -- Introduction -- Depression -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Signs and Symptoms -- Approach to Diagnosis -- Management -- Anxiety -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Signs and Symptoms -- Approach to Diagnosis -- Management -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 10 Psychotic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents Ahsan Nazeer -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Delusions -- Hallucinations -- Disorganized speech -- Disorganized behavior -- Negative symptoms -- Epidemiology -- Signs and Symptoms -- Approach to Diagnosis -- Medical and psychiatric history -- Physical examination -- Laboratory and imaging studies -- Rating and diagnostic scales -- Management.

Safety assessment -- Consultations -- Psychopharmacology -- Psychosocial interventions -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Common Medical Disorders -- 11 Clinical Issues in Endocrinology Manmohan K. Kamboj -- Introduction -- Short Stature -- Clinical Evaluation -- Laboratory Evaluation -- Management -- Monitoring and Follow-Up -- Disorders of Pubertal Development -- Premature Adrenarche -- Signs and symptoms of precocious puberty/premature adrenarche -- Approach to diagnosis -- Radiological Investigations -- Laboratory Work-Up for Premature Adrenarche -- Management -- Central precocious puberty (CPP) -- Peripheral/gonadotropin independent precocious puberty -- Premature adrenarche -- Delayed puberty -- Abnormal Endocrine Newborn Screens (NBS) -- Congenital Hypothyroidism -- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) -- Diabetes Mellitus (DM) -- Epidemiology -- Clinical Features -- Clinical Presentation of DM -- Laboratory Investigations -- Other laboratory work-up -- Management -- T1DM -- T2DM -- Follow-up -- Complications -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 12 Cardiology Thomas A. Melgar and Richard A. Humes -- Introduction -- Heart Sounds and Murmurs -- Stills Murmur -- Venous Hum -- Peripheral Pulmonary Branch Stenosis -- Pulmonary Flow Murmur -- Holosystolic Murmurs -- Second Heart Sound -- Cardiology Testing in Heart Murmur Evaluation -- Chest X-Ray and EKG -- Echocardiography -- Syncope -- Treatment -- Chest Pain -- Pre-participation Sports Evaluation -- Screening ECG -- Specific Recommendations -- Syncope -- Premature Ventricular Completes (PVCs) -- Non-sustained Ventricular Tachycardia -- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) -- Long QT Syndrome -- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) -- Marfan Syndrome -- SBE (Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis) Prophylaxis -- Kawasaki Disease -- Management -- IVIG -- Aspirin -- Refractory Cases -- Echocardiograms.

Congestive Heart Failure -- Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure -- Diuretics -- ACE inhibitors (ACEi) -- Digitalis Glycosides (Digoxin) -- Beta Blockers -- Refractory Heart Failure -- General Pediatric Care of Children with Complex Heart Disease -- Nutritional Issues -- Physical Activity in Congenital Heart Disease -- Infectious Diseases in Patients with Complex Cardiac Disorders -- Immunizations -- Influenza -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 13 Pulmonology John H. Marks -- Introduction -- Cyanosis and Hypoxemia -- Chronic Cough -- Cystic Fibrosis -- Stridor -- Vocal Cord Dysfunction -- Wheezing -- Asthma -- Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 14 Gastroenterology Lisa A. Feinberg and Orhan K. Atay -- Introduction -- Nutrition -- Abdominal Pain -- Nausea and Vomiting -- Diarrhea -- Constipation -- Hepatic Conditions -- Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 15 Concepts of Neurology in Pediatrics Donald E. Greydanus, Cynthia Feucht, Dilip R. Patel and David H. Van Dyke -- Introduction -- Seizure Disorders -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology -- Temporal Lobe Seizures -- Generalized Seizure Disorders -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Special Issues: Adolescents and Epilepsy -- Headache -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology -- Diagnosis -- Migraine Headache -- Epidemiology -- Symptomatology -- Migraine with Aura (Classic Migraine) -- Migraine without Aura (Common Migraine) -- Acute Management of Migraine -- NSAIDs -- Ergotamine -- Triptan Medications -- Migraine Headache Prophylaxis -- Tension Headaches -- Consciousness Disorders -- Vertigo and Dizziness -- Definition -- Diagnosis -- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Nystagmus -- Labyrinthitis -- Management -- Syncope -- Definition -- Diagnosis -- Seizure Disorder -- Cardiac Conditions -- Vasovagal Syncope -- Etiology -- Symptomatology -- Diagnosis -- Management -- Orthostatic Hypotension.

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