Primary Health Care of ChildrenThis text is a comprehensive clinical text/reference for the PNP, FNP or caregiver who focuses on the primary care of infants, children, and adolescents. The main section of the book is organized by body system and includes the most common presenting symptoms and problems of children. Each body system section begins with content that relates to the entire system: health promotion; identification of risk factors; and diagnostic and laboratory studies. Then for each specific entry or problem, the reader will find information regarding alerts for referral; etiology/incidence; differential diagnosis; and management. With this organization, the book demonstrates and promotes diagnostic reasoning. |
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Page 85
Marie Scott Brown and Judith Bellaire Igoe This chapter delineates the
information to be obtained during the course of a health history and a physical
examination. The practitioner in performing these functions is identified as (1) a
decision ...
Marie Scott Brown and Judith Bellaire Igoe This chapter delineates the
information to be obtained during the course of a health history and a physical
examination. The practitioner in performing these functions is identified as (1) a
decision ...
Page 359
Physical examination (PE) of 6-week-postpartum adolescent should be done by
prenatal care provider. Talk teen through the examination and discuss findings.
This is a great opportunity to find out what the teen is concerned about and what
...
Physical examination (PE) of 6-week-postpartum adolescent should be done by
prenatal care provider. Talk teen through the examination and discuss findings.
This is a great opportunity to find out what the teen is concerned about and what
...
Page 421
A complete physical examination must be performed. Table 34-4 outlines critical
items to look for during the physical examination. It is noteworthy that a normal
physical examination does not rule out the possibility of significant pulmonary ...
A complete physical examination must be performed. Table 34-4 outlines critical
items to look for during the physical examination. It is noteworthy that a normal
physical examination does not rule out the possibility of significant pulmonary ...
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Contents
Parenting | 14 |
Cultural Diversity in Clinical Practice | 32 |
Genetic Evaluation and Counseling | 41 |
Copyright | |
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abdominal pain abnormal abuse acetaminophen activities acute adolescents ALERT Consult and/or allergy anemia antibiotic assessment associated baby behavior birth bleeding blood cause chromosomal chronic Clinical common congenital Consult and/or refer Consultations/Referrals Counseling/Prevention culture data Physical decreased developmental diarrhea Differential diagnosis disease disorders dose drug edema effects erythromycin Etiology evaluation exposure Family history feeding fever Follow-up genetic hematuria immunization increased infant infection injury irritability jaundice lesions loss Management mg/kg months of age nasal neonatal newborn normal Nurse Practitioner Nursing Objective data occur onset oral otitis media patient Pediatric Physical examination physician practitioner pregnancy prenatal prevention problems proteinuria rash recommended Refer the child respiratory return visit Risk Factors screening seizures sexual skin stepfamilies stool stress syndrome Table thalassemia therapy tion tract trauma treatment Treatments/Medications urinalysis urinary urinary tract infection urine usually vaccine vomiting
Bibliographic information
| Title | Primary Health Care of Children |
| Editor | Jane A. Fox |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Mosby, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 0815133103, 9780815133100 |
| Length | 1087 pages |
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