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Trusted as an invaluable resource for the overworked pediatrician, the Fifth Edition of this practical reference provides immediate and practical advice for over 460 medical conditions commonly affecting infants, children, and adolescents. The book uses the highly popular 5-minute outline format to provide the clinician quick access to pertinent information when addressing clinical problems or answering parent questions. All chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect current trends in diagnosis and treatment and contain updated references.
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The thoroughly updated Fifth Edition of this best-selling reference provides immediate, practical advice on problems seen in infants, children, and adolescents. More than 460 chief complaints and diseases are covered in the fast-access two-page outline format that makes The 5-Minute Consult Series titles so popular among busy clinicians. Other features include a medication index, syndromes glossary, surgical glossary, laboratory values, and tables. The Fifth Edition has new emergency department material including ingestion of caustics, opioids, and "ecstasy-type" drugs. New material on childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome, and probiotics is also included. A brand-new companion Website offers the fully searchable online text, plus selected full-color clinical photographs from Chung/Boom/Datto/Matz, Visual Diagnosis in Pediatrics.
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