Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics E-dition - Hardcover

Kliegman, Robert M., M.D.; Behrman, Richard E.; Jenson, Hal B.; Stanton, Bonita F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416040048 ISBN 13: 9781416040040

Publisher: W B Saunders Co, 2007

Synopsis

• Provides up-to-the minute coverage at www.nelsonpediatrics.com-updated multiple times a week-more frequently than any other source on the market!
• Features the editorial contributions of a new editor-Dr. Bonita F. Stanton-for enhanced focus on general pediatrics.
• Presents new knowledge on the principles of antibiotic therapy . antiviral therapy . antiparasitic therapy . antimycobacterial therapy . and others to improve your therapeutic skills.
• Recommends which drugs and dosages to prescribe for every disease for full coverage of the principles of therapy.
• Offers convenient reference through a new full-color design and full-color photographs that enable you to locate key content more easily and identify clinical conditions more quickly.

• Features weekly updates at www.nelsonpediatrics.com-along with searchable access the complete contents of the book online...anytime, anywhere.
• Includes the latest clinical hot topics online, as well as government updates from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Center for Disease Control, and National Institute of Health.
• Provides the latest abstracts and articles through PubMed, articles from Pediatrics Clinics and Journal of Pediatrics, and current commentaries from key journals for up-to-the-minute coverage.
• Provides a downloadable image library and 1494 review and self-assessment questions to supplement the text and for convenient Board review.
• Offers patient instructions-on topics including discipline, habits, ADHD, and much more-so that you can help your patients better manage their health.
• Presents short descriptions of children with neurodevelopmental and behavioral problems as they appear in clinical practice in Case Studies from the Child Development Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
• Covers specific treatments through Clinical Case Studies, on everything from wheezing to fever and vomiting to jaundiced newborn.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

About this title

Review

"Nelson remains in the forefront of general pediatric texts and is highly recommended to all who provide child health care.-JAMA

Edition details

• Publisher: W B Saunders Co
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416040048
• ISBN 13: 9781416040040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100