This book describes key knowledge concepts, skills and up-to-date algorithms pertaining to common emergencies that can take place in a pediatric office, including: seizures, anaphylaxis and shock, and diabetic ketoacidosis. The authors supported by peer review from top specialists in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine offer the first comprehensive educational resource on pediatric office emergency preparedness devoted exclusively to the practicing primary care health care provider and his/her team. During emergencies, providers and their staff are...
This book describes key knowledge concepts, skills and up-to-date algorithms pertaining to common emergencies that can take place in a ...
In response to the rise in chronic medical conditions--and the growing use of complementary and alternative therapies--among pediatric and adolescent patients, healthcare practitioners are taking a serious look at pediatric integrative medicine (PIM). Although it dovetails with current concepts of preventive medicine, wellness, and patient control, PIM is still an evolving field with its own particular challenges and opportunities.
A Guide to Integrative Pediatrics for the Healthcare Professional explores its subject through the more familiar lens of integrative medicine. This...
In response to the rise in chronic medical conditions--and the growing use of complementary and alternative therapies--among pediatric and adolesce...
New collaborative models of health care service delivery are contributing to quality and cost improvements, especially in treating children and families. At the same time, deficits in communication between systems sharing patients can not only lead to confusion and waste, but also to increased risk of harm.
Case Management and Care Coordination offers an evidence-based framework, best practices, and clinical common sense to meet this ongoing challenge. Focusing on families of children with chronic health issues, it outlines the processes of case management and care...
New collaborative models of health care service delivery are contributing to quality and cost improvements, especially in treating children and fam...
Smallpox, measles, diphtheria, polio: vaccines have diminished their power, and in some cases, eradicated these dreaded diseases. Yet this century has seen growing numbers of parents refusing vaccinations for their children, not only endangering them but also increasing the risk of outbreaks and epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Understanding and Managing Vaccine Concerns concisely explains the evolution of vaccine concerns, and gives clinicians hands-on help in dealing with vaccine hesitation and outright refusal among parents. Persistent themes in refusal, such as a...
Smallpox, measles, diphtheria, polio: vaccines have diminished their power, and in some cases, eradicated these dreaded diseases. Yet this century ...
No matter how positive the intent of prospective parents, international adoption is fraught with emotional, medical, administrative, linguistic, and geopolitical issues. And while a wide range of professionals supports adopted children and their families in adjusting to the inherent changes and disruptions, the pediatrician's tasks--identifying and treating existing health problems and preventing numerous others--are particularly complex.
International Adoption and Clinical Practice equips pediatricians with a comprehensive set of tools for establishing a long-term...
No matter how positive the intent of prospective parents, international adoption is fraught with emotional, medical, administrative, linguistic, an...
Presents an innovative systems-based approach to fostering treatment adherence in children and adolescents with chronic illness. This book looks at themultiple factors that contribute to nonadherence and the different components that comprise effective intervention. It then presents a model for integrating these components into a working whole, which the authorsargue is necessary to address the co-morbidities and complications that characterize most patients who present with adherence difficulties in real world clinical settings. The overarching theme is that successful illness management...
Presents an innovative systems-based approach to fostering treatment adherence in children and adolescents with chronic illness. This book looks at th...
This timely Brief offers up-to-date findings about bullying--from trends and outcomes to assessment and identification--and workable approaches to combat this social epidemic on multiple fronts. The book examines links between bullying and mental health issues, the complex dynamics between bully and bullied (especially since bullies themselves may be victimized by others), and new challenges presented by youth involvement in social media. Effects of whole-school interventions involving students, teachers, and administrators, on bullying and its consequences, are concisely...
This timely Brief offers up-to-date findings about bullying--from trends and outcomes to assessment and identification--and workable approa...
