Significantly revised and updated, the second edition of this popular quick reference guide provides information and advice on 190 areas of current pediatric care, everything from abdominal pain and ADHD, to headache and herpes infections, to weight loss and wheezing. This indispensable resource delivers practical, action-orientated, clinical solutions for healthcare professionals to use during or between patient encounters.

Authoritative content is presented in a concise outline format that helps speed and simplify decision-making.

Regardless of the patient presentation you're confronted with, you'll have quick access to the help you need to

Efficiently evaluate signs and symptoms.

Order the right screening/diagnostic tests.

Implement approved therapeutic strategies.

Prescribe safe and effective medications.

Recommend proven prevention measures.

Confidently respond to parent questions.

35 new chapters including

Adjustment disorder

Anxiety

Ataxia

Coagulation disorders

Cyanosis

Dental problems

Depression

Drug interactions and adverse effects

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Fragile X syndrome

Hemangiomas

Hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, and hypercalcuria

Inattention

Inflammatory bowel disease

Klinefelter syndrome

Learning difficulty

Learning disorders

Metabolic disorders beyond the newborn period

Munchausen syndrome by proxy: medical child abuse

Neural tube defects

Oppositional defiant disorder

Pancreatitis

Papulosquamous disease

Pierre Robin syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome

Screening for genetic-metabolic diseases

Self-harm

Sexual abuse of children

Sleep disturbances

Speech and language concerns

Substance use

Symptoms of emotional disturbances in young children (birth to 5)

Temper tantrums and breath-holding spells

Turner syndrome and Noonan syndrome

Vitamin D inadequacy