"A Lange medical book." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advancing the quality and safety of care -- The newborn infant -- Child development & behavior -- Adolescence -- Adolescent substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Child & adolescent psychiatric disorders & psychosocial aspects of pediatrics -- Child abuse & neglect -- Ambulatory & office pediatrics -- Immunization -- Normal childhood nutrition & its disorders -- Emergencies & injuries -- Poisoning -- Critical care -- Skin -- Eye -- Oral medicine & dentistry -- Ear, nose, & throat -- Respiratory tract & mediastinum -- Cardiovascular diseases -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Liver & pancreas -- Fluid, electrolyte, & acid-base disorders & therapy -- Kidney & urinary tract -- Neurologic & muscular disorders -- Orthopedics -- Sports medicine -- Rehabilitation medicine -- Rheumatic diseases -- Hematologic disorders -- Neoplastic disease -- Pain management & pediatric palliative & end-of-life care -- Immunodeficiency -- Endocrine disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Inborn errors of metabolism -- Genetics & dysmorphology -- Allergic disorders -- Antimicrobial therapy -- Infections: viral & rickettsial -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Infections: bacterial & spirochetal -- Infections: parasitic & mycotic -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Travel medicine -- Chemistry & hematology reference intervals. Presents a guide for diagnosis, understanding, and treatment of medical problems of children from birth through adolescence. This book is organized by general topics and organ systems. It provides evidence-based information on a wide range of pediatric medical conditions including descriptions of diseases, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.