The Washington Manual Pediatrics Survival GuideAna Maria Arbelaez, Tami Hutton Garmany Written by Washington University house staff and faculty, this pocket-sized survival guide encapsulates the critical knowledge essential for a successful pediatric residency. Content includes algorithms, useful formulas, patient notes, top ten work-ups, common calls and complaints, key points on most common problems, essentials of "what not to miss" and "when to refer/call for help," and "tricks of the trade." The book includes chapters on "floor" survival, writing prescriptions, calculating IV fluids and feeds, laboratory reference values, and formulary information. A chapter on adolescent medicine addresses topics such as STDs, eating disorders, and suicide. The Washington Manual® Pediatrics Survival Guide is also available electronically for handheld computers. See PDA listing for details. The Washington Manual® is a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University. |
Contents
Survival in Pediatrics | 1 |
Admission and Event Notes | 4 |
Admission Orders and Writing Prescriptions | 6 |
How to Calculate IV Fluids and Feeds | 8 |
Calculating Total Parenteral Nutrition | 11 |
Ten Most Common Floor Calls | 14 |
Adolescent Medicine | 18 |
Cardiology | 36 |
Infectious Disease | 155 |
Newborn Medicine | 168 |
Nephrology | 174 |
Neurology | 188 |
St Louis Childrens Hospital | 202 |
Orthopedics | 204 |
Pulmonary | 214 |
Radiology | 229 |
Critical Care | 47 |
Dermatology | 67 |
Emergencies | 75 |
Endocrinology | 95 |
Gastroenterology | 113 |
Growth and Development | 122 |
HematologyOncology | 128 |
Rheumatology | 245 |
Formulary | 270 |
St Louis Missouri | 339 |
Reference Values | 366 |
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