Point-of-Care Quick Reference

More than 250 topics from key American Academy of Pediatrics publications outlined for quick answers and efficient problem-solving. Selected topics include Quick Topic Review video clips: concise, comprehensive video overviews of essential Point-of-Care topics. 

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• Abdominal Distention
• Abdominal Pain
• Acne
• Acute Flaccid Myelitis
• Acute Kidney Injury
• Acute Surgical Abdomen
• Adjustment Disorder
• Adrenal Dysfunction
• Airways Obstruction
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies
• Altered Mental Status
• Amblyopia and Strabismus
• Amenorrhea
• Anaphylaxis
• Anemia and Pallor
• Animal Bites
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Anuria and Oliguria
• Anxiety and Trauma-Related Distress
• Appendicitis
• Asthma
• Ataxia
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder


• Back Pain
• Bacterial Skin Infections
• Brain Tumors
• Brief Resolved Unexplained Event (BRUE)
• Bronchiolitis (Includes NEW Quick Topic Review Video!)
• Bulimia Nervosa


• Care of Children and Adolescents Exposed to Trauma and Adversity
• Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chest Pain
• Chickenpox
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
• Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
• Coagulation Disorders
• Colic
• Colorectal Disorders
• Common Cold
• Complementary and Integrated Medicine
• Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
• Constipation
• Contact Dermatitis
• Contagious Exanthematous Diseases
• Cough
• Croup (Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis) (Includes NEW Quick Topic Review Video!)
• Cyanosis
• Cystic and Solid Masses of the Face and Neck
• Cystic Fibrosis


• Dehydration
• Dental Problems
• Depressive Symptoms
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Diaper Rash
• Diarrhea and Steatorrhea
• Disorders of Sex Development
• Disruptive Behavior and Aggression
• Dizziness and Vertigo
• Down Syndrome
• Drug Eruptions
• Drug Interactions and Adverse Effects
• Dysmenorrhea
• Dysphagia
• Dyspnea
• Dysuria


• Edema
• Emotional or Behavioral Problems in Children Younger Than 5 Years
• Encopresis
• Enterovirus Infections
• Enuresis
• Epistaxis
• Esophageal Caustic Injury
• Extremity Pain


• Facial Dysmorphism
• Failure to Thrive
• Fatigue and Weakness
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Fever
• Fever of Unknown Origin
• Foot and Leg Problems
• Foreign Bodies of the Ear, Nose, Airway, and Esophagus
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Functional Neurologic Disorder


• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
• Gastrointestinal Allergy
• Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
• Gastrointestinal Obstruction
• Gender Identity
• Giardiasis
• Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Sprue)
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome


• Head Injuries
• Headache
• Healthy Weight
• Hearing Loss
• Hearing Screening
• Heart Murmurs
• Hematuria
• Hemoglobinopathies and Sickle Cell Disease
• Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
• Hemoptysis
• Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
• Hepatitis
• Hepatomegaly
• Herpes Simplex Viruses
• High Altitude Illness
• Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development
• HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents
• Hoarseness
• Human Herpesvirus 6A, 6B, and 7 Infections
• Hydrocephalus
• Hyperhidrosis
• Hypertension
• Hypertensive Emergencies
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypocalcemia, Hypercalcemia, and Hypercalciuria
• Hypoglycemia
• Hypospadias, Epispadias, and Cryptorchism
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypotonia


• Immune Thrombocytopenia (Includes NEW Quick Topic Review Video!)
• Immunizations
• Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity
• Increased Intracranial Pressure
• Infantile Hemangiomas
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Insect Bites and Infestations
• Intellectual Disability
• Iron-Deficiency Anemia
• Irritability


• Jaundice
• Joint Pain
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis


• Kawasaki Disease
• Klinefelter Syndrome


• Labial Adhesions
• Learning Difficulty
• Leukemias
• Limp
• Loss of Appetite
• Lyme Disease
• Lymphadenopathy


• Macrocephaly
• Medical Child Abuse (formerly Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy)
• Medically Unexplained Symptoms
• Meningitis
• Meningococcemia
• Meningoencephalitis
• Metabolic Disorders Beyond the Newborn Period
• Microcephaly
• Military Children
• Mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr Infections
• Mosquito-borne Diseases
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome


• Nephritis
• Nephrotic Syndrome
• Neural Tube Defects
• Neurocutaneous Syndromes
• Nonadherence to Medical Treatment
• Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders


• Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
• Obstructive Uropathy and Vesicoureteral Reflux
• Ocular Trauma
• Odor (Unusual Urine and Body)
• Osteochondroses
• Osteomyelitis
• Otitis Externa
• Otitis Media (Includes NEW Quick Topic Review video!)


• Pancreatitis
• Papulosquamous Disease
• Parasitic Infections
• Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum
• Pediatric Heart Failure
• Pediatric Palliative Care
• Perinatal Depression
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Petechiae and Purpura
• Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis
• Phimosis
• Physical Abuse and Neglect
• Pierre-Robin Sequence
• Pinworm Infestations
• Plagiocephaly
• Pneumonia
• Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum
• Poisoning
• Polyuria
• Postoperative Care
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Preoperative Assessment
• Preparticipation Physical Evaluation
• Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis
• Preventive Cardiology
• Proteinuria
• Pruritus
• Psoriasis
• Psychiatric Emergencies in Pediatrics
• Puberty: Normal and Abnormal
• Pyloric Stenosis


• Rape
• Rash
• Recurrent Infections
• Red Eye/Pink Eye
• Renal Tubular Acidosis
• Rheumatic Fever
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever


• Scoliosis
• Screening for Anemia
• Screening for Genetic-Metabolic Diseases
• Screening for Lead Poisoning
• Scrotal Swelling and Pain
• Seborrheic Dermatitis
• Seizure Disorders
• Self-Injury
• Self-Stimulating Behaviors
• Septic Arthritis
• Severe Acute Asthma (Status Asthmaticus)
• Sexual Abuse of Children
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Shock
• Short Stature
• Sinusitis
• Sleep Disturbances
• Sleep-Related Infant Death
• Solid Tumors in Childhood
• Speech and Language Concerns
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Deformities
• Splenomegaly
• Sports Medicine
• Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Status Epilepticus
• Stomatitis
• Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Stridor
• Syncope


• Temper Tantrums and Breath-Holding Spells
• Thermal Injuries
• Tick-Borne Infections in Children
• Tics
• Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
• Torticollis
• Traumatic Extremity Fractures and Dislocations
• Tuberculosis
• Turner Syndrome and Noonan Syndrome


• Umbilical Anomalies
• Urinalysis and Urine Culture
• Urinary Tract Infections (Includes NEW Quick Topic Review Video!)
• Use of Substances


• Vaccine Hesitancy
• Vaginal Bleeding
• Vaginal Discharge
• Verrucae (Warts)
• Violence Prevention
• Vision Screening
• Vitamin D Inadequacy
• Vomiting


• Weight Loss
• Wheezing