Pediatric Decision-Making Strategies

Book info: Pediatric Decision-Making Strategies (Paperback, 368 pages) – Saunders, 2015. Language: English.

Designed to accompanyNelson Textbook of Pediatricsand Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, Pediatric Decision-Making Strategies, 2nd Edition is a concise, user-friendly reference uses a unique algorithmic approach to facilitate diagnosis, testing, basic treatment of common pediatric disorders. For any given symptom, an algorithm guides the reader through the appropriate investigative procedures and lab tests to reach definitive diagnoses. An updated format that enhances usability makes this medical reference book a must-have for medical students, residents, and practitioners treating pediatric patients."...it demonstrates a way of thinking about medicine that is useful in paediatrics and in all other specialties." --Reviewed by Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine , Apr 2015

• Update your lessons with concise, focused, and updated algorithms that cover the most common pediatric problems
• Offer your students imperative knowledge from an expert author team that includes Dr. Robert M. Kliegman (of the Nelson line of textbooks),as well as references to related chapters in both Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics and Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics
• Quickly access important information with a new standard format and trim size for practicality and usability

"I would recommend it for students because it demonstrates a way of thinking about medicine that is useful in paediatrics and in all other specialties. I would also recommend it to junior doctors working in an assessment unit or emergency department; a quick glance at an algorithm before seeing a patient is much faster than leafing through pages of text." --Reviewed by Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine , Apr 2015

Improve your pediatric diagnoses