Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics (A Little, Brown Spiral Manual)

The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and provides management recommendations and guidelines vigorously tested and successfully applied daily on the wards of the Children's Hospital in Boston. It discusses general therapeutic areas such as poisoning, fluid and electrolyte balance and behaviour, as well as problems specific to each organ system, including cardiac and renal disorders. Each chapter details the management of a specific disease or disorder - its aetiology, evaluation, diagnostic features and therapy. Includes a new Formulary which provides quick and efficient access to information on drugs. Chapters completely revised are acute care; cardiac disorders; gastroenterology; disorders of the endocrine system; metabolic diseases; allergic disorders and immunodeficiency; inflammatory disorders.