Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 2-Volume Set - International Edition, 22nd Edition

• Features a user-friendly format with short chapters and subchapters that allow you to quickly find the information you need.
• Includes more than 60 new chapters on topics covering the impact of social factors on children’s health, the impact of genetic discoveries on understanding diagnosing and treating childhood diseases, updating of current evidenced based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to childhood diseases, and more.
• Offers new and expanded information on gene therapy; interferonopathies; reactive infectious mucocutaneous eruption (RIME); e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI); monkeypox; food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES); signaling pathway disorders; ciliopathies; very early onset inflammatory bowel disease; Epstein-Barr virus susceptibility disorders; marijuana smoke exposure; and much more.
• Features hundreds of new figures and tables throughout for visual clarity and quick reference, real-time videos, and regular updates online, written exclusively for Nelson.
• Provides fresh perspectives from two new associate editors: Abigail M. Schuh and Cara L. Mack, both of Medical College of Wisconsin.
• Remains your indispensable source for definitive, evidence-based answers on every aspect of pediatric care.
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Any additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

PART I

The Field of Pediatrics

1 Overview Of Pediatrics

2 Child Health Disparities

3 Global Child Health

4 Quality And Value In Healthcare For Children

5 Safety In Healthcare For Children

6 Ethics In Pediatric Care

7 Pediatric Palliative Care

8 Domestic And International Adoption

9 Foster And Kinship Care

10 Medical Evaluation Of The Foreign-Born Child

11 Cultural Issues In Pediatric Care

12 Maximizing Children’S Health: Screening, Anticipatory Guidance, And Counseling

13 Injury Control

14 Impact Of Violence On Children

15 Child Trafficking For Sex And Labor

16 Abused And Neglected Children

17 Strategies For Health Behavior Change

PART II

Growth, Development, and Behavior

18 Developmental And Behavioral Theories

19 Positive Parenting And Support

20 Assessment Of Fetal Growth And Development

21 The Newborn

22 The First Year

23 The Second Year

24 The Preschool Years

25 Middle Childhood

26 Adolescence

27 Assessment Of Growth

28 Developmental And Behavioral Surveillance And Screening

29 Childcare

30 Loss, Separation, And Bereavement

31 Sleep Medicine

PART III

Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders

32 Psychosocial Assessment And Interviewing

33 Psychopharmacology

34 Psychotherapy And Psychiatric Hospitalization

35 Somatic Symptom And Related Disorders

36 Rumination And Pica

37 Motor Disorders And Habits

38 Anxiety Disorders

39 Mood Disorders

40 Suicide And Attempted Suicide

41 Eating Disorders

42 Disruptive, Impulse-Control, And Conduct Disorders

43 Tantrums And Breath-Holding Spells

44 Lying, Stealing, And Truancy

45 Aggression

46 Self-Injurious Behavior

47 Childhood Psychoses

PART IV

Learning and Developmental Disorders

48 Neurodevelopmental And Executive Function And Dysfunction

49 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

50 Dyslexia

51 Math And Writing Disabilities

52 Language Development And Communication Disorders

53 Developmental Delay And Intellectual Disability

54 Autism Spectrum Disorder

PART V

Nutrition

55 Nutritional Requirements

56 Feeding Healthy Infants, Children, And Adolescents

57 Nutrition, Food Security, And Health

58 Refeeding Syndrome

59 Malnutrition

60 Overweight And Obesity

61 Vitamin A Deficiencies And Excess

62 Vitamin B Complex Deficiencies And Excess

63 Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) Deficiency And Excess

64 Vitamin D Deficiency (Rickets) And Excess

65 Vitamin E Deficiency

66 Vitamin K Deficiency

67 Micronutrient Mineral Deficiencies

PART VI

Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders

68 Electrolyte And Acid-Base Disorders

69 Maintenance And Replacement Therapy

70 Deficit Therapy

71 Fluid And Electrolyte Treatment Of Specific Disorders

PART VII

Pediatric Drug Therapy

72 Pediatric Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomics, And Pharmacoproteomics

73 Principles Of Drug Therapy

74 Anesthesia And Perioperative Care

75 Procedural Sedation

76 Pediatric Pain Management

77 Poisoning

78 Complementary Therapies And Integrative Medicine

PART VIII

Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

79 Emergency Medical Services For Children

80 Triage Of The Acutely Ill Child

81 Pediatric Emergencies And Resuscitation

82 Acute Care Of Multiple Trauma

83 Spinal Cord Injuries In Children

84 Care Of Abrasions And Minor Lacerations

85 Neurologic Emergencies And Stabilization

86 Brain Death

87 Syncope

88 Shock

89 Respiratory Distress And Failure

90 Altitude-Associated Illness In Children (Acute Mountain Sickness)

91 Drowning And Submersion Injury

92 Burn Injuries

93 Cold Injuries

PART IX

Human Genetics

94 Integration Of Genetics Into Pediatric Practice

95 The Genetic Approach In Pediatric Medicine

96 The Human Genome

97 Patterns Of Genetic Transmission

98 Cytogenetics

99 Genetics Of Common Disorders

100 Epigenome-Wide Association Studies And Disease

101 Genetic Approaches To Rare And Undiagnosed Diseases

PART X

Metabolic Disorders

102 An Approach To Inborn Errors Of Metabolism

103 Defects In Metabolism Of Amino Acids

104 Defects In Metabolism Of Lipids

105 Defects In Metabolism Of Carbohydrates

106 Mitochondrial Disease Diagnosis

107 Mucopolysaccharidoses

108 Disorders Of Purine And Pyrimidine Metabolism

109 Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (Progeria)

110 The Porphyrias

111 Hypoglycemia

PART XI

The Fetus and the Neonatal Infant

112 Overview Of Mortality And Morbidity

113 The Newborn Infant

114 High-Risk Pregnancies

115 The Fetus

116 Fetal Intervention And Surgery

117 The High-Risk Infant

118 Transport Of The Critically Ill Newborn

119 Clinical Manifestations Of Diseases In The Newborn Period

120 Nervous System Disorders

121 Neonatal Resuscitation And Delivery Room Emergencies

122 Respiratory Tract Disorders

123 Digestive System Disorders

124 Blood Disorders

125 The Umbilicus

126 Abstinence Syndromes

127 The Endocrine System

128 Dysmorphology

129 Epidemiology Of Infections

130 Healthcare-Acquired Infections

131 Congenital And Perinatal Infections

PART XII

Adolescent Medicine

132 Adolescent Physical And Social Development

133 Gender And Sexual Identity

134 Gay, Lesbian, And Bisexual Adolescents

135 Transgender Care

136 The Epidemiology Of Adolescent Health Problems

137 Delivery Of Health Care To Adolescents

138 Transitioning To Adult Care

139 Violent Behavior

140 Substance Abuse

141 The Breast

142 Menstrual Problems