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Pediatric Infections, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 36-1 - February 17, 2022
- Editors: Jason G. Newland, Rebecca Same
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 5 4 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 5 4 3 - 5
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.
Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- COVID-19 in Children
- Key points
- Introduction and epidemiology
- Clinical spectrum and manifestations of pediatric COVID-19
- Evaluation and approach
- Therapeutic options: Risk stratification
- Therapeutic options for COVID-19
- Long-term outcomes
- Summary
- Infection Prevention during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
- Key points
- Background and epidemiology
- Clinical manifestations and outcomes
- Reproductive number and secondary attack rate for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- Transmission
- Airborne versus droplet
- Specific scenarios of concern
- Impact of supply chain
- Transmission to health care providers
- Exposure source and setting
- Personal protective equipment efficacy
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for health care facilities during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
- Personal protective equipment and patient care
- Infectious Diseases Society of America recommendations
- Hand hygiene, environment of care/cleaning, and engineering controls
- Screening and visitation
- Pre-procedural testing
- Visitation
- Public health measures
- Clinics care points
- Updates in the Epidemiology, Approaches to Vaccine Coverage and Current Outbreaks of Measles
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- What are the clinical manifestations of measles?
- Clinics care points
- Disclaimer
- Tuberculosis in Children
- Key points
- Nature of the problem
- Tuberculosis infection
- Tuberculosis disease
- Summary
- Management and Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical entities and treatment
- Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Implant-Associated Spinal Infections in Children: How Can We Improve Diagnosis and Management?
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology and microbiology
- Risk factors
- Prevention
- Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
- Treatment and outcomes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Antiviral Therapeutics in Pediatric Transplant Recipients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Herpesvirus infections
- Adenovirus infections
- Respiratory viruses
- Prevention and Treatment of RSV Infection
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Contemporary Treatment of Resistant Gram-Negative Infections in Pediatric Patients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Resistance mechanisms
- Resistance to beta-lactams
- AmpC-producing enterobacterales
- Extended spectrum beta-lactamases
- Carbapenemases
- Pumps and porins
- Pediatric pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Prolonged infusions
- Summary
- The Current State and Future Directions of Inpatient Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Key points
- History of antimicrobial stewardship
- Rationale for antimicrobial stewardship
- Antibiotic stewardship program team composition
- Antimicrobial stewardship actions
- Reporting and outcomes of interest
- Education
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Targets and Methods to Improve Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Patients
- Key points
- Risks associated with antibiotic use
- Characteristics of antibiotics prescribed
- Variability in antibiotic prescribing and targets for improvement
- Practical strategies for outpatient stewardship
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Diagnostic Stewardship in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Key points
- What is diagnostic stewardship and why has it emerged as a new strategy to combat antibiotic resistance?
- What are pitfalls of common microbiology testing approaches and why can they lead to over-diagnosis and treatment of infections?
- What are the benefits of diagnostic stewardship as a strategy to improve the quality and value of health care?
- How does diagnostic stewardship embrace interdisciplinary collaboration, and what is the role of the clinician?
- General considerations for diagnostic stewardship in the pediatric intensive care unit
- Blood cultures
- Respiratory cultures
- Urine cultures
- Special populations
- Cardiac Surgical Patients
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients
- Implementation of diagnostic stewardship strategies in the pediatric intensive care unit
- Future research recommendations
- Clinics care points
- Management of Children with Reported Penicillin Allergies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Risk categorization
- Current evaluation evidence
- Complications of implementation
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 36-1
- Published: February 17, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323835428
- eBook ISBN: 9780323835435
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Jason G. Newland
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pediatrics
Washington University
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
St. Louis Children’s Hospital