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CARING FOR THE HOSPITALIZED CHILD
A HANDBOOK OF INPATIENT PEDIATRICS |
| By: |
Daniel A. Rauch (Editor), Jeffrey C. Gershal (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£61.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1581107544 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781581107548 |
| Publisher: |
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2013 |
| Pages: |
732 |
| Description: |
Get immediate, on-the-spot help for safe, effective, confident inpatient care!Pediatric hospital care is more challenging than ever. Stringent admissions policies mean typical patients are sicker. Cases are more complex. Procedures are more technology-intensive. Plus, today's scope of practice extends to co-management of subspecialty and surgical patients. Now there's a point-of-care AAP manual you can rely on for practical, authoritative guidance in the hospital setting. Developed by top pediatric hospitalists, Caring for the Hospitalized Child is sure to become your go-to resource all the way from initial evaluation through discharge management. Find how-to specifics for addressing all the presentations you're most likely to see 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, EN, and GI issues, infectious diseases, seizure, eye trauma, fractures, physical and sexual abuse, and much more. Turn to the condition or symptom set you're confronting for practical, right-to-the-point advice on: - Clinical presentation- Differential diagnosis- Lab tests; imaging- Treatment- Indications for specialist consult- Disposition- Hospital discharge criteria- Follow-up Plus...- Exclusive clinical pearls- Common pitfalls to avoid- Coding tips to speed payment- And 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 all-in-one guide reaches beyond the bedside to consider systems of care, equipment, ethics, economics, quality management, team leadership, and many other high-interest topics. |
| Synopsis: |
Care for the hospitalised child has evolved significantly since the term hospitalist was first used more than 15 years ago. Most pediatric teaching services use hospitalists for the care of general pediatric inpatients, but the scope of practice often extends to comanagement of subspecialty and surgical patients, as well as coverage in intensive care units and newborn nurseries. Community hospitals are also employing hospitalists to improve the quality and efficiency of care while expediting admissions from ambulatory physicians who are becoming less eager to care for inpatients. Today's hospitalised children tend to be sicker and more complicated than before. As a result of pressures from payers, previously well patients must now be more seriously ill to justify admission, while complex care and technology-dependent children represent an ever-increasing percentage of inpatients. Furthermore, decreasing hospital days and lengths of stay have become priorities for both hospitals and insurance companies. At the same time, all parties insist on care that is safe, efficient, timely, cost-effective, patient-centred, and equitable.The net result is that providing care for the hospitalised child has become increasingly challenging. Written and edited by experts in the field of pediatric hospital medicine, Caring for the Hospitalized Child includes chapters beyond just clinical care to address the "whole" of a hospitalist's work. It includes discussions about activities, such as leadership, economics, consent, and management of the inpatient service, and incorporates other facets of patient care beyond laboratory tests and treatments. Comprehensive care for hospitalised children must include attention to systems of care, procedures, and ethics, because no sick child exists in a vacuum, and non-bedside activities can have a profound effect on patient outcomes. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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