Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics
- 10th Edition - April 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Abigail Schuh, Robert Kliegman, Kelsey Ryan, Sarah Yale, Michelle Mitchell
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 7 0 2 - 2
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 7 0 3 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 7 0 4 - 6
Get the essential information you need in pediatrics from the Nelson family of references! Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, 10th Edition, is concise, readable, and up to date—perf… Read more
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Get the essential information you need in pediatrics from the Nelson family of references! Nelson Essentials of Pediatrics, 10th Edition, is concise, readable, and up to date—perfect for clinical rotations, coursework, and exam preparation. This comprehensive, trusted reference is ideal for medical students, pediatric residents, attendings, and advanced practice providers (APPs), offering a full-color format; high-yield, targeted chapters; and thorough content updates that ensure strong coverage of core knowledge as well as recent advances in the field.
- Covers normal childhood growth and development, as well as the diagnosis, management, and prevention of common pediatric diseases and disorders
- Contains expanded coverage of social determinants of health, mental and behavioral health, social media, telehealth, and challenges of EHR and adolescent confidentiality, as well as a new chapter on hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytois (HLH)
- Offers new multiple choice questions online for self-assessment and review
- Includes Pearls for Practitioners at the end of each section, as well as updated immunization schedules and an expanded discussion of trauma-informed care
- Features well written, high-yield coverage throughout, following COMSEP curriculum guidelines relevant to your pediatric clerkship or rotation
- Uses a full-color format with images and numerous new tables throughout, so you can easily visualize complex information
- Provides real-world insights from chapter authors who are also Clerkship Directors, helping you gain the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed both in caring for patients and in preparing for clerkship or in-service examinations
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
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SECTION 1 THE PROFESSION OF PEDIATRICS
1 Population and Culture: The Care of Children in Society
2 Professionalism
3 Ethics and Legal Issues
4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
SECTION 2 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
5 Normal Growth
6 Disorders of Growth
7 Normal Development
8 Disorders of Development
9 Evaluation of the Well Child
10 Evaluation of the Child with Special Needs
SECTION 3 BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
11 Crying and Colic
12 Temper Tantrums
13 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
14 Control of Elimination
15 Normal Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Disorders
SECTION 4 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
16 Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering
17 Anxiety and Phobias
18 Depression and Bipolar Disorders
19 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
20 Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Psychoses
SECTION 5 PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES
21 Failure to Thrive
22 Child Abuse and Neglect
23 Sexuality and Gender Identity
24 Family Structure and Function
25 Violence
26 Divorce, Separation, and Bereavement
SECTION 6 PEDIATRIC NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
27 Diet of the Normal Infant
28 Diet of the Normal Child and Adolescent
29 Obesity
30 Pediatric Undernutrition
31 Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
SECTION 7 FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES
32 Maintenance Fluid Therapy
33 Dehydration and Replacement Therapy
34 Parenteral Nutrition
35 Sodium Disorders
36 Potassium Disorders
37 Acid-Base Disorders
SECTION 8 THE ACUTELY ILL OR INJURED CHILD
38 Assessment and Resuscitation
39 Respiratory Failure
40 Shock
41 Injury Prevention
42 Major Trauma
43 Drowning
44 Burns
45 Poisoning
46 Sedation and Analgesia
SECTION 9 HUMAN GENETICS AND DYSMORPHOLOGY
47 Patterns of Inheritance
48 Genetic Assessment and Diagnosis
49 Chromosomal Disorders
50 Approach to the Dysmorphic Child
SECTION 10 METABOLIC DISORDERS
51 Metabolic Assessment
52 Carbohydrate Disorders
53 Amino Acid Disorders
54 Organic Acid Disorders
55 Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders
56 Lysosomal and Peroxisomal Disorders
57 Mitochondrial Disorders
SECTION 11 FETAL AND NEONATAL MEDICINE
58 Assessment of the Mother, Fetus, and Newborn
59 Maternal Diseases Affecting the Newborn
60 Diseases of the Fetus
61 Respiratory Diseases of the Newborn
62 Anemia and Hyperbilirubinemia
63 Necrotizing Enterocolitis
64 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Intracranial Hemorrhage, and Seizures
65 Sepsis and Meningitis
66 Congenital Infections
SECTION 12 ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
67 Overview and Assessment of Adolescents
68 Well-Adolescent Care
69 Adolescent Gynecology
70 Eating Disorders
71 Substance Abuse
SECTION 13 IMMUNOLOGY
72 Immunological Assessment
73 Lymphocyte Disorders
74 Neutrophil Disorders
75 Complement System
76 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
SECTION 14 ALLERGY
77 Allergy Assessment
78 Asthma
79 Allergic Rhinitis
80 Atopic Dermatitis
81 Urticaria, Angioedema, and Anaphylaxis
82 Serum Sickness
83 Insect Allergies
84 Adverse Reactions to Foods
85 Adverse Reactions to Drugs
SECTION 15 RHEUMATIC DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD
86 Rheumatic Assessment
87 IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
88 Kawasaki Disease
89 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
90 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
91 Juvenile Dermatomyositis
92 Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes
SECTION 16 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
93 Infectious Disease Assessment
94 Immunization and Prophylaxis
95 Antiinfective Therapy
96 Fever Without a Focus
97 Infections Characterized by Fever and Rash
98 Cutaneous Infections
99 Lymphadenopathy
100 Meningitis
101 Encephalitis
102 The Common Cold
103 Pharyngitis
104 Sinusitis
105 Otitis Media
106 Otitis Externa
107 Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
108 Pertussis
109 Bronchiolitis
110 Pneumonia
111 Infective Endocarditis
112 Acute Gastroenteritis
113 Viral Hepatitis
114 Urinary Tract Infection
115 Vulvovaginitis
116 Sexually Transmitted Infections
117 Osteomyelitis
118 Infectious Arthritis
119 Ocular Infections
120 Infection in the Immunocompromised Person
121 Infections Associated with Medical Devices
122 Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Infections
123 Parasitic Diseases
124 Tuberculosis
125 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
SECTION 17 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
126 Digestive System Assessment
127 Oral Cavity
128 Esophagus and Stomach
129 Intestinal Tract
130 Liver Disease
131 Pancreatic Disease
132 Peritonitis
SECTION 18 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
133 Respiratory System Assessment
134 Control of Breathing
135 Upper Airway Obstruction
136 Lower Airway, Parenchymal, and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
137 Cystic Fibrosis
138 Chest Wall and Pleura
SECTION 19 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
139 Cardiovascular System Assessment
140 Syncope
141 Chest Pain
142 Dysrhythmias
143 Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
144 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
145 Heart Failure
146 Rheumatic Fever
147 Cardiomyopathies
148 Pericarditis
SECTION 20 HEMATOLOGY
149 Hematology Assessment
150 Anemia
151 Hemostatic Disorders
152 Blood Component Therapy
SECTION 21 ONCOLOGY
153 Oncology Assessment
154 Principles of Cancer Treatment
155 Leukemia
156 Lymphoma
157 Central Nervous System Tumors
158 Neuroblastoma
159 Wilms Tumor
160 Sarcomas
SECTION 22 NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
161 Nephrology and Urology Assessment
162 Nephrotic Syndrome and Proteinuria
163 Glomerulonephritis and Hematuria
164 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
165 Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
166 Hypertension
167 Vesicoureteral Reflux
168 Congenital and Developmental Abnormalities of the Urinary Tract
169 Other Urinary Tract and Genital Disorders
SECTION 23 ENDOCRINOLOGY
170 Endocrinology Assessment
171 Diabetes Mellitus
172 Hypoglycemia
173 Short Stature
174 Disorders of Puberty
175 Thyroid Disease
176 Disorders of Parathyroid Bone and Mineral Endocrinology
177 Disorders of Sexual Development
178 Adrenal Gland Dysfunction
SECTION 24 NEUROLOGY
179 Neurology Assessment
180 Headache and Migraine
181 Seizures
182 Weakness and Hypotonia
183 Ataxia and Movement Disorders
184 Altered Mental Status
185 Neurodegenerative Disorders
186 Neurocutaneous Disorders
187 Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System
SECTION 25 DERMATOLOGY
188 Dermatology Assessment
189 Acne Vulgaris
190 Atopic Dermatitis
191 Contact Dermatitis
192 Seborrheic Dermatitis
193 Pigmented Lesions
194 Vascular Anomalies
195 Erythema Multiforme, Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
196 Cutaneous Infestations
SECTION 26 ORTHOPEDICS
197 Orthopedics Assessment
198 Fractures
199 Hip
200 Lower Extremity and Knee
201 Foot
202 Spine
203 Upper Extremity
204 Benign Bone Tumors and Cystic Lesions
1 Population and Culture: The Care of Children in Society
2 Professionalism
3 Ethics and Legal Issues
4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
SECTION 2 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
5 Normal Growth
6 Disorders of Growth
7 Normal Development
8 Disorders of Development
9 Evaluation of the Well Child
10 Evaluation of the Child with Special Needs
SECTION 3 BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
11 Crying and Colic
12 Temper Tantrums
13 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
14 Control of Elimination
15 Normal Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Disorders
SECTION 4 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
16 Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering
17 Anxiety and Phobias
18 Depression and Bipolar Disorders
19 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
20 Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Psychoses
SECTION 5 PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES
21 Failure to Thrive
22 Child Abuse and Neglect
23 Sexuality and Gender Identity
24 Family Structure and Function
25 Violence
26 Divorce, Separation, and Bereavement
SECTION 6 PEDIATRIC NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS
27 Diet of the Normal Infant
28 Diet of the Normal Child and Adolescent
29 Obesity
30 Pediatric Undernutrition
31 Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
SECTION 7 FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES
32 Maintenance Fluid Therapy
33 Dehydration and Replacement Therapy
34 Parenteral Nutrition
35 Sodium Disorders
36 Potassium Disorders
37 Acid-Base Disorders
SECTION 8 THE ACUTELY ILL OR INJURED CHILD
38 Assessment and Resuscitation
39 Respiratory Failure
40 Shock
41 Injury Prevention
42 Major Trauma
43 Drowning
44 Burns
45 Poisoning
46 Sedation and Analgesia
SECTION 9 HUMAN GENETICS AND DYSMORPHOLOGY
47 Patterns of Inheritance
48 Genetic Assessment and Diagnosis
49 Chromosomal Disorders
50 Approach to the Dysmorphic Child
SECTION 10 METABOLIC DISORDERS
51 Metabolic Assessment
52 Carbohydrate Disorders
53 Amino Acid Disorders
54 Organic Acid Disorders
55 Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders
56 Lysosomal and Peroxisomal Disorders
57 Mitochondrial Disorders
SECTION 11 FETAL AND NEONATAL MEDICINE
58 Assessment of the Mother, Fetus, and Newborn
59 Maternal Diseases Affecting the Newborn
60 Diseases of the Fetus
61 Respiratory Diseases of the Newborn
62 Anemia and Hyperbilirubinemia
63 Necrotizing Enterocolitis
64 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Intracranial Hemorrhage, and Seizures
65 Sepsis and Meningitis
66 Congenital Infections
SECTION 12 ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
67 Overview and Assessment of Adolescents
68 Well-Adolescent Care
69 Adolescent Gynecology
70 Eating Disorders
71 Substance Abuse
SECTION 13 IMMUNOLOGY
72 Immunological Assessment
73 Lymphocyte Disorders
74 Neutrophil Disorders
75 Complement System
76 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
SECTION 14 ALLERGY
77 Allergy Assessment
78 Asthma
79 Allergic Rhinitis
80 Atopic Dermatitis
81 Urticaria, Angioedema, and Anaphylaxis
82 Serum Sickness
83 Insect Allergies
84 Adverse Reactions to Foods
85 Adverse Reactions to Drugs
SECTION 15 RHEUMATIC DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD
86 Rheumatic Assessment
87 IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
88 Kawasaki Disease
89 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
90 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
91 Juvenile Dermatomyositis
92 Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes
SECTION 16 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
93 Infectious Disease Assessment
94 Immunization and Prophylaxis
95 Antiinfective Therapy
96 Fever Without a Focus
97 Infections Characterized by Fever and Rash
98 Cutaneous Infections
99 Lymphadenopathy
100 Meningitis
101 Encephalitis
102 The Common Cold
103 Pharyngitis
104 Sinusitis
105 Otitis Media
106 Otitis Externa
107 Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
108 Pertussis
109 Bronchiolitis
110 Pneumonia
111 Infective Endocarditis
112 Acute Gastroenteritis
113 Viral Hepatitis
114 Urinary Tract Infection
115 Vulvovaginitis
116 Sexually Transmitted Infections
117 Osteomyelitis
118 Infectious Arthritis
119 Ocular Infections
120 Infection in the Immunocompromised Person
121 Infections Associated with Medical Devices
122 Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Infections
123 Parasitic Diseases
124 Tuberculosis
125 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
SECTION 17 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
126 Digestive System Assessment
127 Oral Cavity
128 Esophagus and Stomach
129 Intestinal Tract
130 Liver Disease
131 Pancreatic Disease
132 Peritonitis
SECTION 18 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
133 Respiratory System Assessment
134 Control of Breathing
135 Upper Airway Obstruction
136 Lower Airway, Parenchymal, and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
137 Cystic Fibrosis
138 Chest Wall and Pleura
SECTION 19 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
139 Cardiovascular System Assessment
140 Syncope
141 Chest Pain
142 Dysrhythmias
143 Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
144 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
145 Heart Failure
146 Rheumatic Fever
147 Cardiomyopathies
148 Pericarditis
SECTION 20 HEMATOLOGY
149 Hematology Assessment
150 Anemia
151 Hemostatic Disorders
152 Blood Component Therapy
SECTION 21 ONCOLOGY
153 Oncology Assessment
154 Principles of Cancer Treatment
155 Leukemia
156 Lymphoma
157 Central Nervous System Tumors
158 Neuroblastoma
159 Wilms Tumor
160 Sarcomas
SECTION 22 NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY
161 Nephrology and Urology Assessment
162 Nephrotic Syndrome and Proteinuria
163 Glomerulonephritis and Hematuria
164 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
165 Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
166 Hypertension
167 Vesicoureteral Reflux
168 Congenital and Developmental Abnormalities of the Urinary Tract
169 Other Urinary Tract and Genital Disorders
SECTION 23 ENDOCRINOLOGY
170 Endocrinology Assessment
171 Diabetes Mellitus
172 Hypoglycemia
173 Short Stature
174 Disorders of Puberty
175 Thyroid Disease
176 Disorders of Parathyroid Bone and Mineral Endocrinology
177 Disorders of Sexual Development
178 Adrenal Gland Dysfunction
SECTION 24 NEUROLOGY
179 Neurology Assessment
180 Headache and Migraine
181 Seizures
182 Weakness and Hypotonia
183 Ataxia and Movement Disorders
184 Altered Mental Status
185 Neurodegenerative Disorders
186 Neurocutaneous Disorders
187 Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System
SECTION 25 DERMATOLOGY
188 Dermatology Assessment
189 Acne Vulgaris
190 Atopic Dermatitis
191 Contact Dermatitis
192 Seborrheic Dermatitis
193 Pigmented Lesions
194 Vascular Anomalies
195 Erythema Multiforme, Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
196 Cutaneous Infestations
SECTION 26 ORTHOPEDICS
197 Orthopedics Assessment
198 Fractures
199 Hip
200 Lower Extremity and Knee
201 Foot
202 Spine
203 Upper Extremity
204 Benign Bone Tumors and Cystic Lesions
- Edition: 10
- Latest edition
- Published: April 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Abigail Schuh
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, USARK
Robert Kliegman
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics - Medical College of Wisconsin Nelson Undiagnosed and Rare Disease Program, USAKR
Kelsey Ryan
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Newborn Medical Director, Froedtert Milwaukee Birth Center Director, Introduction to Scholarly Activities Co-Director, Clinician Educator Pathway Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USASY
Sarah Yale
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics Division of Hospitalist Children’s Wisconsin - Milwaukee Hospital Milwaukee, USAMM
Michelle Mitchell
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, USA