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

Advancing the quality and safety of care -- The newborn infant -- Child development and behavior -- Adolescence -- Adolescent substance abuse -- Eating disorders -- Child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and psychosocial aspects of pediatrics -- Child abuse and neglect -- Ambulatory and office pediatrics -- Immunization -- Normal childhood nutrition and its disorders -- Emergencies and injuries -- Poisoning -- Critical care -- Skin -- Eye -- Oral medication and dentistry -- Ear, nose and throat -- Respiratory tract and mediastinum -- Cardiovascular diseases -- Gastrointestinal tract -- Liver and pancreas -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders and therapy -- Kidney and urinary tract -- Neurologic and muscular disorders -- Orthopedics -- Sports medicine -- Rehabilitation medicine -- Rheumatic diseases -- Hematologic disorders -- Neoplastic disease -- Pain management and pediatric palliative and end of life care -- Immunodeficiency -- Endocrine disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Inborn errors of metabolism -- Genetics and dysmorphology -- Allergic disorders -- Antimicrobial therapy -- Infections: viral and rickettsial -- Human immunodeficiency virus infection -- Infections: bacterial and spirochetal -- Infections: parasitic and mycotic -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Travel medicine -- Chemistry and hematology reference intervals. Provides a comprehensive, clinically focused guide delivering evidence-based information on the pediatric medical conditions most often encountered in daily clinical practice--covering children from birth to adolescence. Complete with a guide to normal laboratory values and 600 photos and illustrations, Contributors offer authoritative overviews of important pediatric health concerns, such as childhood nutrition and eating disorders; substance abuse; psychiatric disorders; child abuse; oral medicine and dentistry; immunization; and emergencies and injuries. The authors provide detailed descriptions of diseases as well as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. --Adapted from publisher description.