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Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease

Author : Angela Myers

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 261 pages

File Size : 12,47 MB

Release : 2024-06-01

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1040136168

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Are you looking for concise, practical answers to those questions that are often left unanswered by traditional pediatric infectious disease references? Are you seeking brief, evidence-based advice for complicated cases or controversial decisions? Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick answers to the tricky questions most commonly posed during a “curbside consultation” between pediatricians. Dr. Angela L. Myers has designed this unique reference which offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with pediatric infectious disease. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to pediatric infectious disease with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Numerous images, diagrams, and references allow readers to browse large amounts of information in an expedited fashion. Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions provides information basic enough for residents while also incorporating expert advice that even high-volume pediatricians will appreciate. Pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and family practitioners will benefit from the user-friendly, casual format and the expert advice contained within. Some of the questions that are answered: • When is imaging, such as VCUG and renal US, necessary for children with a first UTI? • Are bleach baths or chlorhexidine plus mupirocin ointment useful to decolonize patients with recurrent MRSA infections? What topical recommendations are useful for patients with recurrent MRSA infections? • What is the recommended specific treatment of otitis media due to multi-drug resistant pneumococcus? • If I have a 5-week-old infant with positive rapid viral testing, who does not need hospital admission, is a sepsis evaluation necessary? • What is likely to be the most common viral pathogens causing diarrhea, since the decrease in rotavirus cases with increase in vaccine uptake? • When are tick borne infections typically seen in the US; and when does the peak time occur? Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions will help pediatricians to manage complex diseases and guide physicians through the maze of treatments available. Ideal for practicing pediatricians and nurse practitioners, Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions is sure to benefit anyone caring for patients with pediatric diseases.



Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease

Author : Angela L. Myers

Publisher : SLACK Incorporated

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 28,58 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1617110019

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Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick answers to the tricky questions most commonly posed during a "curbside consultation" between pediatricians.



Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Dermatology

Author : James Treat

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 297 pages

File Size : 34,83 MB

Release : 2024-06-01

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1040137938

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Are you looking for concise, practical answers to those questions that are often left unanswered by traditional pediatric dermatology references? Are you seeking brief, evidence-based advice for complicated cases or controversial decisions? Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Dermatology: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick answers to the tricky questions most commonly posed during a “curbside consultation” between pediatricians. Dr. James Treat has designed this unique reference which offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with pediatric dermatology. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to pediatric dermatology with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Numerous images, diagrams, and references allow readers to browse large amounts of information in an expedited fashion. Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Dermatology: 49 Clinical Questions provides information basic enough for residents while also incorporating expert advice that even high-volume pediatricians will appreciate. Pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and family practitioners will benefit from the user-friendly, casual format and the expert advice contained within. Some of the questions that are answered: • How should I be working up and managing my patients with congenital nevi? • How do I manage patients with severe atopic dermatitis? • Which patients with hemangioma do I have to worry about? • What do I need to think about for children with cafe au lait macules? • Is there an algorithm for treating my acne patients?



Curbside Consultation in Uveitis

Author : Charles Stephen Foster

Publisher : SLACK Incorporated

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 44,20 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1556429983

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Are you looking for concise, practical answers to those questions that are often left unanswered by traditional references on uveitis? Are you seeking brief, evidence-based advice for the daily examination of patients? Curbside Consultation in Uveitis: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick and direct answers to the thorny questions most commonly posed during a "curbside consultation" between experienced clinicians. Dr. Stephen Foster has designed this unique reference in which uveitis specialists offer expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly encountered by ophthalmologists, residents, and other health care professionals. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to uveitis with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Images, diagrams, and references are included to enhance the text and to illustrate clinical diagnoses and treatment plans. Curbside Consultation in Uveitis: 49 Clinical Questions provides information basic enough for residents while also incorporating expert pearls that even high-volume ophthalmologists will appreciate. Refractive surgeons, general ophthalmologists, and residents alike will enjoy the user-friendly and casual format. Some of the questions that are answered: - How do the results of the Systemic Immunosuppressive Therapy for Eye Disease (SITE) Cohort Study apply to the care of my patients with uveitis? - How should I evaluate and treat a patient with uveitis? - How should I treat macular edema in a patient with uveitis? - How should I treat a pregnant woman with macular threatening toxoplasmosis retinochoroiditis? - When should I refer a patient with uveitis to a uveitis specialist?





Mosby's Family Practice Sourcebook

Author : Kenneth G. Marshall

Publisher :

Page : 414 pages

File Size : 16,26 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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Organized by body system and medical subspecialty within a quick reference format, "The Family Practice Sourcebook" presents an intensively referenced, up-to-date, well-organized overview of the current approaches and controversies in the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of problems encountered in office practice.



Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition

Author : Lisa B. Zaoutis

Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional

Page : 1152 pages

File Size : 20,64 MB

Release : 2017-12-29

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0071829296

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Book Description

The gold-standard text in pediatric hospital medicine – updated and streamlined for today’s practice Hailed by reviewers and clinicians alike, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine has become the specialty’s cornerstone text. Edited by five leading figures in pediatric hospital medicine, this acclaimed resource brings you the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to inpatient pediatric care from experts in their fields. Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Second Edition opens with an informative introductory section that defines hospital medicine and addresses general issues of hospitalist practice and administration. This includes important topics such as medical legal issues, communications, electronic health records, palliative care, ethical issues, careers, professional organizations, and more. The book then moves into commonly presenting signs and symptoms. This is followed by the largest section, a breakdown of diseases by system. The text concludes with a procedures section that provides hard-to-find instruction on the procedures most commonly performed on children in a hospital setting. The Disease chapters are templated to include Background, Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnostic Evaluation, Management, Special Considerations, Key Points, References, algorithms, and more. The Procedures chapters include Indications, Contraindications, Anatomy, Equipment, Procedure, Preparation, Technique, Complications, and Special Considerations. If you’re in need of an up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative text that spans the emerging field of pediatric hospital medicine, your search ends here.



Curbside Consultation in IBD

Author : David T. Rubin

Publisher : SLACK Incorporated

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 32,59 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9781556428562

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Are you looking for concise, practical answers to questions that are often left unanswered by traditional IBD references? Are you seeking brief, evidence-based advice for complicated cases or complications? Curbside Consultation in IBD: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick and direct answers to the thorny questions commonly posed during a "curbside consultation" between colleagues. Dr. David Rubin, Dr. Sonia Friedman and Dr. Francis A. Farraye have designed this unique reference, which offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with IBD. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to IBD with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Numerous images, diagrams, and references are included to enhance the text and to illustrate IBD. Curbside Consultation in IBD: 49 Clinical Questions provides information that high-volume clinicians will appreciate, and yet is basic enough for residents. Gastroenterologists, fellows and residents in training, surgical attendings, and surgical residents will benefit from the user-friendly and casual format and the expert advice contained within. Some of the questions that are answered: - Which patients might be better for a "top down" approach (using anti-TNF therapy before steroids or proven failure of oral thiopurines)? What clinical behavior or serological markers might you use to identify these patients? - When is it appropriate to switch to another biologic therapy? - Should I be using chromoendoscopy in my surveillance colonoscopy in IBD? How and which agent? Would narrow band imaging be an alternative for this? - Can we follow flat low-grade dysplasia? Is any dysplasia really flat or just a spectrum of depth and size? - If women continue infliximab therapy during pregnancy, what are the implications for the baby? What should we be telling our patients about vaccinations?