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The Harriet Lane Handbook

Mobile Medicine Series

  • 21st Edition - March 23, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lauren Kahl, Helen K Hughes
  • Language: English

Written "by residents, for residents" and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lauren Kahl, MD and Helen K. Hughes, MD, MPH, The Harriet Lane Handbook: Mobil… Read more

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Written "by residents, for residents" and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lauren Kahl, MD and Helen K. Hughes, MD, MPH, The Harriet Lane Handbook: Mobile Medicine Series, 21st Edition, remains your #1 source of pediatric point-of-care clinical information. Updated and expanded content, as well as increased online coverage, keeps you fully current with new guidelines, practice parameters, and more. Easy to use, concise, and complete, this is the essential manual for all health care professionals who treat children.

Key features

  • Trusted by generations of residents and practitioners, offering fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment
  • The trusted and comprehensive Pediatric Drug Formulary updated by Carlton K. K. Lee, PharmD, MPH, provides the latest in pharmacologic treatment of pediatric patients
  • Modified outline format ensures you’ll find information quickly and easily, even in the most demanding circumstances
  • Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, videos, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of contents

Part I: Pediatric Acute Care

1. Emergency Management

2. Poisonings

3. Procedures

4. Trauma, Burns, and Common Critical Care Emergencies

Part II: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Information

5. Adolescent Medicine

6. Analgesia and Procedural Sedation

7. Cardiology

8. Dermatology

9. Development, Behavior, and Mental Health

10. Endocrinology

11. Fluids and Electrolytes

12. Gastroenterology

13. Genetics: Metabolism and Dysmorphology

14. Hematology

15. Immunology and Allergy

16. Immunoprophylaxis

17. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

18. Neonatology

19. Nephrology

20. Neurology

21. Nutrition and Growth

22. Oncology

23. Palliative Care

24. Pulmonology

25. Radiology

26. Rheumatology

Part III: Reference

27. Blood Chemistries and Body Fluids

28. Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine

Part IV: Formulary

29. Drug Dosages

30. Drugs in Renal Failure

Product details

  • Edition: 21
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 26, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

LK

Lauren Kahl

Affiliations and expertise
Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Baltimore, Maryland

HH

Helen K Hughes

Affiliations and expertise
Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, Maryland