New Releases by American Academy of Pediatrics

This compendium of clinical practice guidelines and policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics helps equip clinicians to provide equitable and inclusive care to vulnerable and underserved pediatric populations. It offers guidance on the care of such populations as immigrant children and their families; children and families who are black, indigenous or people of color; LGBTQ+ youth and their families; and more. Additionally, the compendium covers topics such as substance use disorders, trauma informed care, and care of youth involved in the legal system. Pediatricians, family medicine physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who care for children will find this collection useful.

THE BREASTFEEDING BOOK YOUR DOCTOR RECOMMENDS Why is breastfeeding the optimal choice? What happens when my family leave is over? What’s the safest way to store pumped milk? The American Academy of Pediatrics answers these questions and many more in this invaluable resource for helping you and your baby get the healthiest possible start. Based on the very latest research, this fully revised and updated edition covers everything you need to know about breastfeeding, including: • the benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and infant • the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations on breastfeeding • how to prepare for the first feeding and adjust to life as a nursing mother • guidance for rooming-in with your baby to strengthen your bond and reduce the risk of SIDS • helpful tips for pumping and storing your milk • revised nutrition recommendations for the nursing mother • ideal ways to establish a breastfeeding routine and what to do when you return to work • the non-nursing partner’s role and how to create a postpartum support network • solutions to common breastfeeding challenges • the emotional aspects of breastfeeding Nursing mothers everywhere will find this book an indispensable guide to helping them maximize the lifelong benefits of breastfeeding, with recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the authoritative source on infant and child care and nutrition.

With contributions from the leading experts in the field, Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for Primary Care provides primary care pediatricians and other professionals who care for children comprehensive coverage of both common and rare congenital and acquired pediatric conditions. More than 16 chapters offer guidance on when to treat and when to wait, on the timing of corrective surgeries in pediatric patients, and on and surgical strategies and complications. Includes more than 200 full-color photos and images. Nonsurgical management and brief descriptions of how corrective procedures are performed are also discussed, which is helpful to primary care pediatricians in counseling patients and conducting long-term patient follow-up. TOPICS INCLUDE Cleft lip and palate repair Burns and surgical repair Vascular anomalies Bite wounds Scars and scar management Hypertrophic scars and keloids Gynecomastia Cleft hand and surgical repair Facial palsy Breast anomalies And more...

This guide helps parents understand how ASDs are defined and diagnosed and offers an overview of the most current behavioral and developmental therapies. Topics include: symptoms and types of ASDs, accessing care, services in the community, and the role of complementary and alternative medicine. Parents will also find inspirational and relatable stories from other caretakers.

The fourth edition contains guidelines on the development and evaluation of the health and safety of children in early care and education settings. This guide features 10 chapters of more than 650 standards and dozens of appendixes with valuable supplemental information, forms, and tools. KEY FEATURES More than 100 updated standards and appendixes Updated appendixes, including Signs and Symptoms Chart, Recommended Immunization Schedule, and Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care Completely revised and updated topics on environmental health, infectious diseases, and nutrition TOPICS INCLUDE Staffing Program activities for healthy development Health promotion and protection Nutrition and food service Facilities, supplies, equipment, and environmental health Play areas and playgrounds, and transportation Infectious diseases Children with special health care needs and disabilities Administration Licensing and community action And more ...

From the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date advice for mothers, fathers, and caregivers of school-age children You’ve outgrown the baby books—but your school-age child needs your guidance and support more than ever. During the ages of 5 to 12, children continue to grow and develop skills and habits that will impact their future health and well-being. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the trusted organization that represents the nation’s top pediatricians, presents this revised and updated age-specific guide to help your children thrive during these formative years. A child’s school years, while exciting, bring new transitions. A comprehensive resource, Caring for Your School-Age Child includes advice on: • Your child’s emotional, physical, behavioral, and social development • The best ways to encourage good nutrition and physical fitness • Gender-specific issues facing boys and girls as they approach adolescence, including the stages of puberty • Your child’s media use, including screen time, electronic devices, and internet use and safety • Effective discipline, behavior problems, temper tantrums, and optimal nurturing • Promoting independence and fostering resilience through balanced expectations • Safety and injury prevention, plus handling emergency situations • School issues including promoting good homework skills and social dynamics, and dealing with school problems and learning disabilities • Talking to your child about self-esteem, puberty, being shy, and dealing with prejudice • Family matters, including divorce, stepfamilies, adoption, sibling rivalry, working-parent households, and childcare • Understanding your child’s inborn temperament—and how it affects the child-parent relationship • And much more, including a complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and chronic medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes Caring for Your School-Age Child is an essential childcare resource—recommended by pediatricians and trusted by parents.

The most recent guidelines and policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics keeps pediatricians and care providers current with important clinical and policy information.

Parents of babies in the NICU need essential information but also a way to mark their baby''s first days and weeks after birth, even if things aren''t as they envisioned them. This beautiful spiral bound journal provides essential educational content and a keepsake for parents to record their baby''s progress. Parents are encouraged to track their baby''s condition week-to-week and to commemorate special moments along the way. Journaling prompts remind parents to record their infant''s vital statistics and jot down questions to ask the medical team.

Revised and updated for 2017, this is an evidence-based decision- making tool for managing common pediatric conditions, with the latest clinical practice guidelines for more than 30 conditions, plus every AAP policy statement, clinical report, and technical report through December 2016. Key features include revised AAP policy statements, quick reference tools including coding tips and patient education handouts, printed text and CD-ROM include full text of all AAP clinical practice guidelines and fully text of 2016 AAP policy statements, more than 500 policy statements, clinical reports and technical reports, and AAP-endorsed policy statements from other medical groups.

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) is an educational program jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA). This updated edition reflects the 2015 AAP/AHA Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care of the Neonate. Full color.

This work represents a comprehensive source of prehospital medical information for the emergency care of infants and children and has been designed to teach professionals how to better assess and manage ill or injured children.

Significantly revised and updated, the new second edition updates the science on neonatal encephalopathy presented in the 1st edition. The new 2nd edition recommends a broad evaluation of all potential contributing factors in every case of neonatal encephalopathy, including maternal medical history, obstetric and intrapartum factors, and placental pathology. This recommendation is a shift from the 2003 report, which focused on determining whether or not a hypoxic-ischemic event was the cause of neonatal encephalopathy. Includes new sections on - Placental pathology - Focal ischemic stroke - Neonatal interventions - Patient safety - Significant advances in neuroimaging This report will assist the clinician in evaluating a newborn with encephalopathy to assist in defining both the cause and timing.

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews helps you stay up-to-date in key areas of current clinical practice This widely respected resource continues to deliver high-quality, evidence-based information needed for day-to-day diagnostic and management problem-solving. Topics in this issue include Approaching Young Adult Health and Medicine from a Developmental Perspective, Seizing the Opportunity: Improving Young Adult Preventive Health Care, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Young Adults, Social Media and Health, Helping Those Who Serve: Care of the Young Adult Veteran, Mental Health Among Late Adolescents and Young Adults from a Population-Level and Clinical Perspective, Nonmedical Use of Prescription Medications in Young Adults, The Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood and Associated Substance Use/Abuse, Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: How to Help, Asperger Syndrome in Young Adulthood: The Physician As Supportive Coach and Medical Advisor, Primary Care for Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Medical Needs and Required Strategies, ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in College Students and Young Adults Book jacket.

Pediatric hospitalists with extensive hands-on experience offer proven recommendations for dozens of pediatric inpatient problems. Here''s what you need to know - and what you need to do - for anaphylaxis; cardiac conditions; dermatological; ENT and GI issues; infectious diseases; seizure; eye trauma; fractures; physical and sexual abuse; and much more. Concise text descriptions and directions, action-focused bulleted lists, and at-a-glance charts and tables simplify hospital problem-solving. Conditions and symptoms are arranged alphabetically for ready reference. This new resource reaches beyond the bedside to consider systems of care, equipment, ethics, economics, quality management, team leadership, and many other high-interest topics.

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All new resource expertly guides you through the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of virtually every pulmonary issue you''re likely to encounter.

From America’s most trusted pediatric authority comes an indispensable, easy-to-use guide to helping your baby and young child flourish in the first five years of life—physically, mentally, and emotionally. The first five years of a child’s life are filled with major developmental and behavioral milestones. During this period your infant becomes an individual who has mastered a range of skills—from walking to making conversation–that prepares him or her to enter the world beyond home and family. For parents, this wondrous time provides an opportunity to help children fulfill their potential. The Wonder Years shows you how to make the most of it. Written in the same warm and accessible language that has endeared the Academy’s bestselling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 to millions of parents for over fifteen years, this doctor-approved resource features a variety of fun-filled activities, tips, and hints, and offers the most dependable, authoritative, up-to-date information on child development, including: • Ideal patterns of growth at every stage—and normal variances • Parent-child activities that help you monitor and promote your child’s development • Easy ways to create an enriching home environment • A “behind-the-scenes” look at what’s going on in your child’s developing brain • Information on aiding children with special needs–from ADHD, autism, and learning disabilities to those who are gifted • Advice on consulting specialists, including nutritionists, occupational therapists, and counselors • Tips on safety and injury prevention • How factors like birth order and gender impact development With five hundred full-color photographs and illustrations, developmental time lines, charts, and graphs, this family-friendly book is the definitive guide no parent or caregiver can afford to be without.

Containing Real-Life Footage Of The Field, Emergency Departments, And Operating Rooms, This DVD Will Captivate Students And Show Them Skills They Could Only Learn By Watching A Real Procedure.

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews helps you stay up-to-date in key areas of current clinical practice of adolescent medicine. Topics in ADHD/Learning Disorders include "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Personal Perspective," "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Complementary/Alternative Medicine," "Common Co morbidities Seen in Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," "Educational Rights of Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," "Family Intervention for Home-Based Problems of Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," "Medications for Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder," and "Overview of Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Genetics, Neurobiology, and Prognosis of Adolescent Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder."

Based on key content from Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th Edition, the new Red Bookr Atlas is a useful quick reference tool for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of more than 75 of the most commonly seen pediatric infectious diseases. Includes more than 500 full-color images adjacent to concise diagnostic and treatment guidelines. Essential information on each condition is presented in the precise sequence needed in the clinical setting: Clinical manifestations, Etiology, Epidemiology, Incubation period, Diagnostic tests, Treatment

Provides tips and guidelines for babysitters, including the basics on how to care for children, what to do if a child needs first aid, and how to stay safe while babysitting.

Provides physicians in all specialties with a concise reference on breastfeeding and human lactation. This handbook represents the collaborative efforts of the AAP and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, with additional critical review by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Enhance your awareness of the benefits and importance of breastfeeding and your knowledge of breastfeeding physiology and clinical practice with this excellent resource. Topics include benefits of breastfeeding, anatomy and physiology of breastfeeding, clinical management before and after conception, and breastfeeding maintenance. "All health professionals, not just physicians, who care for pregnant women, mothers, babies, and new families should have a copy of Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians." Diony Young, Birth, 2006;33:3.

The Complete Guide: Providing Telephone Triage and Advice in a Family Practice, this manual describes the steps to establishing and maintaining an effective, cost-efficient telephone care system.

The 2003 Red Book, 26th Edition advances the Red Book''s mission for the 21st century, with the most current information on clinical manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 childhood infectious diseases. Developed with the assistance and advice of hundreds of physician contributors from across the country, the new edition contains a host of significant revisions, updates, and additions to its authoritative content. Includes active and passive immunization, recommendations for care of children in special circumstances, summaries of infectious diseases, antimicrobial agents and related therapy, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and useful appendices.

Intended as a physician education, training, and reference, this guide offers a complete manual, pocket-sized cue cards, plus supplements on developmental and psychosocial issues. It includes: physician visit schedule; pertinent topics; interview questions; and clinical approaches to common issues.

Designed for child care providers, government policy makers, health care consultants, and others who work with children with special needs, this book includes standards for facility staffing, programming, health promotion, nutrition, medical supplies and equipment, education, and more, as well as appendices with practical information and tools.

This essential guide provides guidelines and education for all health care professionals who make decisions about the emergency inter-facility transport of children. Includes new chapters on financing neonatal-pediatric transport programs and on marketing the service through benefits communication and training.

This guide has been developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and is designed for use by all personnel involved in the care of pregnant women, their foetuses, and their neonates.