The Washington Manual Pediatrics Survival Guide (The Washington Manual Survival Guide Series)

Written by Washington University house staff and faculty, this pocket-sized survival guide encapsulates the critical knowledge essential for a successful pediatric residency. Content includes algorithms, useful formulas, patient notes, top ten work-ups, common calls and complaints, key points on most common problems, essentials of "what not to miss" and "when to refer/call for help," and "tricks of the trade." The book includes chapters on "floor" survival, writing prescriptions, calculating IV fluids and feeds, laboratory reference values, and formulary information. A chapter on adolescent medicine addresses topics such as STDs, eating disorders, and suicide. The Washington Manual Pediatrics Survival Guideis also available electronically for handheld computers. See PDA listing for details. The Washington Manualis a registered mark belonging to Washington University in St. Louis to which international legal protection applies. The mark is used in this publication by LWW under license from Washington University.Washington University School of Medicine Department of Medicine is the author of 'The Washington Manual Pediatrics Survival Guide (The Washington Manual Survival Guide Series)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780781756310 and ISBN 0781756316.