Table of Contents
Unit I Multidisciplinary Primary Care
Ch. 1 Philosophy of Pediatric Primary Care 3
Ch. 2 Assessment in Primary Care Pediatrics 9
Ch. 3 Community-Based Primary Care Resources for Children 17
Ch. 4 Complementary Therapies in Pediatrics 27
Unit II Promoting Health and Normal Growth and Development
Ch. 5 Genetic Preconception and Prenatal Counseling 45
Ch. 6 Adoption 63
Ch. 7 The Decision to Breast-feed 79
Ch. 8 Health Growth and Development of the Newborn/Infant 93
Ch. 9 Healthy Growth and Development of the Toddler 117
Ch. 10 Healthy Growth and Development of the Preschool Child 129
Ch. 11 Healthy Growth and Development of the School-Age Child
141
Ch. 12 Healthy Growth and Development of the Adolescent 151
Ch. 13 Immunizations 161
Ch. 14 The Child Athlete: Preparticipation Screening and Common
Issues 175
Ch. 15 Pain and Children 187
Unit III Primary Care of Children with Developmental and
Environmental Challenges
Ch. 16 The Premature and Low-Birth-Weight Infant 199
Ch. 17 The Challenged Family: Issues and Insights 211
Ch. 18 The Physically Challenged Child 217
Ch. 19 Asperger`s Syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
229
Ch. 20 The Intellectually Gifted Child 223
Ch. 21 School Problems 239
Ch. 22 Eating Disorders 249
Ch. 23 Abuse
Maltreatment and Failure-to-Thrive 259
Sexual Abuse 266
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence 275
Ch. 24 The Addicted Newborn 283
Ch. 25 Adolescent Substance Experimentation and Abuse 287
Ch. 26 Self-Destructive Behavior 293
Ch. 27 Grief, Loss, and Coping With Change 305
Ch. 28 Depression: The Sad Child 311
Ch. 29 Suicide 319
Unit IV Primary Care of Episodic Illness
Ch. 30 Viral Infections 329
Ch. 31 Fever: Approach to the Febrile Child 343
Ch. 32 Eye Problems 359
Ch. 33 Ear and Sinus Problems 373
Ch. 34 Mouth and Throat Infections 387
Ch. 35 Neck Masses 399
Ch. 36 Approach to the Child With a Cough 405
Ch. 37 Heart Problems 423
Ch. 38 Abdominal Pain, Vomiting, and Diarrhea 443
Ch. 39 Acute Nephrology 459
Ch. 40 Acute Urology 471
Ch. 41 Sexually Transmitted Infections 483
Ch. 42 Hematologic Disorders 491
Ch. 43 Minor Trauma 513
Ch. 44 Common Orthopedic Complaints 533
Ch. 45 Acute Dermatologic Complaints 543
Ch. 46 Acute Neurological Complaints 551
Ch. 47 Acute Endocrine Complaints 567
Ch. 48 Environmental Hazards: Contact Dermatitis, Tick-borne,
Allergies, Anaphylaxis, Hymenoptera, Bites - Animal and Human,
Thermal and Cold Injury, Toxicologic Problems, Insect Bites,
Lead, Scabies, Lice, and Sun 583
Unit V Primary Care of Chronic Disease
Ch. 49 The Child With Chronic Illness 617
Ch. 50 The Interdisciplinary Team: The Social Worker as a Key
Player in the Care of a Chronically Ill Child 623
Ch. 51 Headaches 629
Ch. 52 Congenital and Acquired Vision Disorders 653
Ch. 53 Hearing Impairment and Disorders 659
Ch. 54 Chronic Allergies 673
Ch. 55 Chronic Pulmonary Disease 681
Ch. 56 Congenital Heart Diseases and the Partially Repaired
Heart 703
Ch. 57 Chronic Gastrointestinal Disorders 719
Ch. 58 Chronic Dermatology Problems 731
Ch. 59 Chronic Orthopedic Problems 739
Ch. 60 Chronic Endocrine Disorders 757
Ch. 61 Diabetes Mellitus 769
Ch. 62 Chronic Urinary Problems 799
Ch. 63 Enuresis and Encopresis 809
Ch. 64 Neoplasms 821
Ch. 65 Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Type 1 Infection 843
Ch. 66 Organ Transplantation 863
App Prenatal Screening/Clinical Warning 871
Index 873