Most Popular Books by American Academy of Pediatrics

This comprehensive guide to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) offers parents balanced, reassuring, and authoritative information to help them understand and manage this challenging and often misunderstood condition. Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' own clinical practice guidelines for ADHD and written in clear, accessible language, this book answers the common questions: How is ADHD diagnosed? What are today's best treatment options? and Will my child outgrow ADHD? Accurate, up-to-date findings on evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, and unproven treatments are provided. Also addressed are behaviors associated with the teenage years and what schools can do to support children with the condition. ADHD management strategies that balance the roles of behavior therapy, medications, and parenting techniques are suggested.

This guide is a resource for paediatricians' interactions with parents as well as local child care providers, which should help to promote the health and safety of children in these settings.

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.

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.

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...

Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals (PEPP), United Kingdom Revised Third Edition represents a comprehensive source of prehospital medical information for the emergency care of infants and children. PEPP is designed to give prehospital professionals the education, skills, and confidence they need to effectively treat pediatric patients. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, PEPP specifically teaches prehospital professionals how to better assess and manage ill or injured children. PEPP combines comprehensive medical content with dynamic features and an interactive course to fully prepare prehospital professionals to care for children in the field.New to the Revised Third Edition:Meets 2015 CPR and ECC GuidelinesThe textbook content addresses every pediatric-specific competency statement in the National EMS Education StandardsShock and resuscitation content is covered in two separate chapters, placing more emphasis on these critical topicsA top-flight EMS author team working in conjunction with AAP physician reviewers ensures exceptional medical content with a “street” focusA free eBook is included with every printed copy of the Revised Third EditionFeatures include:The Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) represents the essence of the PEPP patient assessment method, which includes assessing appearance, work of breathing, and circulation to the skinThe Patient Assessment Flowchart provides students with an easy-to-understand reference of the pediatric patient assessment processCase Studies provide an opportunity for critical thinking and encourage students to consider how they would treat a similar case in the fieldProcedures provide written step-by-step explanations and visual summaries of important BLS and ALS pediatric skillsInteractive Course and Flexible Course Options:PEPP Course Coordinators now have the option of offering onsite or hybrid coursesThe hybrid course includes engaging, interactive online modules that students complete before attending the onsite portion of the course for scenarios and hands-on skill stationsThe onsite course includes case-based lectures, live-action video, small group scenarios, and hands-on skill stationsA new renewal course for providers to keep up-to-date with their skillsThe BLS course is geared toward Emergency Medical Responders and EMTs, while the ALS course is ideal for AEMTs and Paramedics. Learn more about the PEPP course at www.PEPPsite.com. *Note: Access to the online modules can be purchased separately. Select the Student Resources tab above to purchase, or click the links below:BLS Pretest AccessALS Pretest AccessBLS Hybrid AccessALS Hybrid Access*PEPP Precourse Module access codes are not available in the eBook version.

"Your Baby's First Year, now fully revised and updated, provides authoritative advice on every aspect of newborn and infant care, including Guidelines for prenatal and newborn care, including screening tests during pregnancy Milestones for physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth, as well as visual, hearing, language, and movement milestones Cutting-edge research on early brain development and how babies and young children think A complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and congenital diseases An in-depth discussion on breastfeeding, including its benefits, techniques, and challenges Revised nutrition recommendations, including the importance of early introduction of allergenic foods, and obesity prevention tips Tips for choosing child care programs Updated safety standards including CPR instruction, safe sleep, childproofing tips, car safety seats, and toy safety Safety checks for home, including bathing, preventing drowning, poisoning, choking, burns, and falls

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.

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.

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.

Contains evidence-based practice parameters and technical reprts on acute exacerbations of asthma in children, neurodiagnostic evaluation of the child with a first simple febrile seizure, management of acute gastroenteritis in young children, management of hyperbilirubinemia in the health term newborn, managing otitis media with effusion in young children.

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

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.