The Harriet Lane Handbook by Jason W. Custer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Rachel E. Rau, Carlton K. Lee

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Synopsis

The Harriet Lane Handbook represents over 50 years of expert guidance for pediatric residents and all those who treat children. This irreplaceable manual is your everyday reference for fast, accurate bedside consultation. The book's trademark formulary will be regularly updated online, to keep you absolutely current. New or revised chapters on palliative care, toxicology, dermatology, and growth and nutrition help you streamline diagnosis and treatment. Still convenient and pocket-sized, this latest edition includes Expert Consult functionality, so you can access the complete contents of the book online, fully searchable.

• Remains a convenient, pocket-sized reference, so you can carry a wealth of information with you.
  
• Includes step-by-step emergency management protocols, growth charts, and more to help you streamline diagnosis and treatment.
  
• Organized in a modified outline format so you can find information quickly and easily, even in the most demanding circumstances.

• Provides a regularly updated trademark formulary online to help you get the latest on pediatric drugs and dosages.
  
• Adds a new palliative care chapter for more well-rounded guidance.
  
• Includes unprecedented access to the complete contents of the book online, completely searchable, with downloadable images.
  
• Incorporates the latest treatment and management recommendations, immunization guidelines, procedures, and therapeutic guidelines so you can stay completely up to date.
  
• Revises the toxicology and the growth and nutrition chapters to be even more user-friendly and practical.
  
• Reorganizes the dermatology chapter to make information eveneasier to find.

Web site access will be provided until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier.

Annotation

The book contains both black-and-white and color illustrations.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Judy Moreau, MD (Ochsner for Children)
Description:This is an updated version of "the" handbook for pediatrics that is the go-to guide for every pediatric resident. The previous edition was published in 2005.
Purpose:It achieves its goal of being a comprehensive and easily accessible guide to pediatrics.
Audience:The book is written for residents but is useful for practitioners as well.
Features:This pocket-sized handbook covers every topic in pediatrics from acute care to cardiology, neonatology, and nutrition. The new format with more relevant tables on the inner covers is excellent. It is also the accepted authority on pediatric drug dosing.
Assessment:This is the book to have as a companion during residency and as a resource during practice.

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Biography

Barone, Michael A., MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital)