Main description:

Both an ideal learning tool for students and a superb resource for patient education, Netter's Pediatrics, 2nd Edition, is a rich visual aid featuring more than 500 images by Drs. Frank H. Netter, Carlos Machado, and others working in the classic Netter style. The uniquely aesthetic and accurate artwork is accompanied by up-to-date text contributed primarily by physicians at the prestigious Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, all designed to work together to help you diagnose and care for children with common clinical conditions. New chapters, new features, and new online access makes this pediatrics resource a must-have for pediatric rotations, when studying for exams, or when preparing for patient consultations.

Offers at-a-glance information for a quick overview of common pediatric issues-from nutrition, allergy, infectious disease, and adolescent medicine to cancer and heart disease.

Depicts key details for each condition with 500 detailed, crystal-clear images provided by Dr. Frank H. Netter, Dr. Carlos Machado, and others working in the Netter tradition.

Features new clinical vignettes at the start of each chapter.

Includes numerous new chapters including transgender health, feeding and nutrition, device and technology management, endocrine dysnatremias, syndromic intellectual disability, and mitochondrial disorders.

Provides access to more than 20 printable patient education brochures online.

Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Contents:

Section I Care of the Acutely Ill Child

Section II Nutrition

Section III Allergy and Immunology

Section IV Bone and Joint Disorders

Section V Rheumatologic Disorders

Section VI Disorders of the Head, Neck, and Upper Airway

Section VII Disorders of the Respiratory System and Lower Airway

Section VIII Disorders of the Cardiovascular System

Section IX Hematologic Disorders

Section X Neoplastic Disorders

Section XI Disorders of the Renal and Urologic Systems

Section XII Disorders of the Endocrine System

Section XIII Disorders of the Nervous System

Section XIV Adolescent Medicine

Section XV Infectious Disease

Section XVI Neonatal Medicine

Section XVII Disorders of the Digestive System

Section XVIII Genetic and Metabolic Disorders

Section XIX Dermatologic Disorders