Evidence-based information on the care of children from birth through adolescence in an easy-to-use, find-it-now
presentation
CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatrics, 21e delivers concise, up-to-date, and clinically relevant coverage of how to
assess and treat common disorders in children. Known as the on-the-go guide to pediatrics, the book features the easy-
to-follow LANGE CURRENT outline presentation, which consists of: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment,
Clinical Features, Treatment, Prognosis.
Written by experienced pediatricians to ensure that every chapter reflects the needs and realities of day-to-day
practice, this is an essential resource for pediatricians, family practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and nurse
practitioners, and the critical care unit.
Emphasizes the clinical aspects of pediatric care while also covering important underlying principles
Provides a quick, authoritative guide to the diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of a wide range of pediatric
medical conditions
Includes detailed description of diseases as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Organized by general topics as well as by organ systems
Presented in time-saving LANGE CURENT outline format: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis & Typical Features, Clinical
Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
Delivers concise overviews of important pediatric health concerns, including childhood nutrition and eating disorders,
substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, child abuse, oral medicine and dentistry, immunization, and emergencies and
injuries
1. Advancing the Quality & Safety of Care
2. The Newborn Infant
3. Child Development & Behavior
4. Adolescence
5. Adolescent Substance Abuse
6. Eating Disorders
7. Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders & Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatrics
8. Child Abuse & Neglect
9. Ambulatory & Office Pediatrics
10. Immunization
11. Normal Childhood Nutrition & Its Disorders
12. Emergencies & Injuries
13. Poisoning
14. Critical Care
15. Skin
16. Eye
17. Oral Medicine & Dentistry
18. Ear, Nose, & Throat
19. Respiratory Tract & Mediastinum
20. Cardiovascular Diseases
21. Gastrointestinal Tract
22. Liver & Pancreas
23. Fluid, Electrolyte, & Acid-Base Disorders & Therapy
24. Kidney & Urinary Tract
25. Neurologic & Muscular Disorders
26. Orthopedics
27. Sports Medicine
28. Rehabilitation Medicine
29. Rheumatic Diseases
30. Hematologic Disorders
31. Neoplastic Disease
32. Pain Management & Pediatric Palliative & End-of-Life Care
33. Immunodeficiency
34. Endocrine Disorders
35. Diabetes Mellitus
36. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
37. Genetics & Dysmorphology
38. Allergic Disorders
39. Antimicrobial Therapy
40. Infections: Viral & Rickettsial
41. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
42. Infections: Bacterial & Spirochetal
43. Infections: Parasitic & Mycotic
44. Sexually Transmitted Infections
45. Travel Medicine
46. Chemistry & Hematology Reference Intervals
Index