Pediatric Physical Examination: An Illustrated Handbook - Softcover

Duderstadt, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323100066 ISBN 13: 9780323100069

Verlag: Mosby, 2013

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This portable, photo-rich guide to physical examination for Nurse Practitioners and other primary care providers will help you develop the unique range of skills required to assess children of all ages. System chapters begin with embryological development and review the key developmental stages of childhood. For infants and young children, this step-by-step guide uses the "quiet-to-active" approach favored by pediatric experts and considered more effective for this age-group than the traditional head-to-toe approach used for adults., Other key topics include pediatric mental health assessment and growth and development screening and surveillance. "This handbook serves more than its obligatory purpose by inserting the relevant additional information about basic information. Addressing the needs of the parent while caring for the child has been given due importance.Various examination techniques have been very well explained and beautifully illustrated., This handbook serves the needs of undergraduate medical students ,nursing students and is good refresher for Pediatric post graduates." Reviewed by: Neel Kamal, Date: Aug. 14Uses the quiet-to-active approach to the examination of infants and young children, starting with listening and moving on to touching, the pediatric assessment approach that yields the best results in this age group. More than 300 photos and line drawings facilitate learning and familiarize you with common assessment findings.Information Gathering tables highlight questions and data needed from the patient/guardian, with questions conveniently separated by age group, to help you take an accurate history.Charting examples show you how to record physical examination findings in the health record and acquaint you with documentation language and format.Pediatric Pearls highlight effective physical examination findings and techniques gleaned from actual practice.Coverage of assessment of the preterm infant equips you with practical tools for assessing

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"This handbook serves more than its obligatory purpose by inserting the relevant additional information about basic information. Addressing the needs of the parent while caring for the child has been given due importance.Various examination techniques have been very well explained and beautifully illustrated. This handbook serves the needs of undergraduate medical students ,nursing students and is good refresher for Pediatric post graduates." Reviewed by: Neel Kamal, Date: Aug. 14

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"I found the experience of going through this book as very invigorating even when read with an intent to critique it. The range of child health aspects included in this handbook on Physical examination of children makes it outstanding. This authors have shown their awareness of the challenges of the contemporary service delivery , and hence the pressures on the clinicians. The importance of face to face consultation , the value of listening to the caregivers’ concern and their perception of the child’s difficulty leads to the application of the appropriate assessment and recommendation has been emphasized through out the book.

This handbook serves more than its obligatory purpose by inserting the relevant additional information about basic information. Addressing the needs of the parent while caring for the child has been given due importance.Various examination techniques have been very well explained and beautifully illustrated. This handbook serves the needs of undergraduate medical students ,nursing students and is good refresher for Pediatric post graduates."

Neel Kamal, Aug. 14

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• Verlag: Mosby
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0323100066
• ISBN 13: 9780323100069
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376