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Atlas of Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-Limited Settings

Atlas of Pediatrics in the Tropics and Resource-Limited Settings

  • Author: Spector, Jonathan M.; Gibson, Timothy E.
  • Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
  • ISBN: 9781581109603
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781581109726
  • Place of publication:  Illinois , United States
  • Year of publication: 2015
  • Year of digital publication: 2015
  • Month: October
  • Pages: 416
  • Language: English
This convenient take-along guide provides essential information and recommendations for diagnosing and treating more than 60 tropical diseases and conditions. The second edition is the only handbook-sized text focused exclusively on pediatric tropical diseases including more than 300 full-color images! A uniquely useful travel companion, it is formatted for efficient on-the-spot problem solving.

Developed by leading international child health authorities, the Atlas features contributions from more than 70 experienced practitioners.

New second-edition Highlights:
  • Updated quick-access treatment guide with dosage information
  • New chapters on Ebola, Japanese encephalitis, rheumatic heart disease, and cat-scratch disease
  • Updated at-a-glance endemicity maps
  • More than 300 full-color images
  • Handy field-screening tool to help quickly determine children's nutritional status
  • And more!
  • Front Cover
    • Title Page
    • Copyright Page
    • Table of Contents
    • Preface
    • Human Rights of Children
    • Immunization in Developing Countries
    • Neglected Tropical Diseases
    • Neonatal Survival
    • Psychosocial Considerations
    • Traditional Health Practices
    • Water and Sanitation
    • Conditions
      • Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
      • Amebiasis
      • Ancylostomiasis
      • Ascariasis
      • Beriberi
      • Burkitt Lymphoma
      • Burns
      • Buruli Ulcer
      • Carrion Disease
      • Cat-Scratch Disease
      • Chikungunya Fever
      • Cholera
      • Cutaneous Larva Migrans
      • Cysticercosis
      • Dengue
      • Diphtheria
      • Dracunculiasis
      • Ebola Virus Disease
      • Echinococcosis
      • Filariasis, Lymphatic
      • Giardiasis
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Hypothyroidism, Congenital
      • Japanese Encephalitis
      • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
      • Leishmaniasis, Visceral
      • Leprosy
      • Loiasis
      • Malaria
      • Malnutrition
      • Measles
      • Melioidosis
      • Meningococcemia
      • Molluscum Contagiosum
      • Mumps
      • Noma
      • Onchocerciasis
      • Pediculosis
      • Pellagra
      • Plague
      • Poliomyelitis
      • Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis
      • Pyomyositis, Tropical
      • Rabies
      • Rickets
      • Scabies
      • Schistosomiasis
      • Scurvy
      • Snakebite
      • Tetanus
      • Tinea
      • Toxocariasis
      • Toxoplasmosis
      • Trachoma
      • Trichuriasis
      • Trypanosomiasis, African
      • Trypanosomiasis, American
      • Tuberculosis
      • Tungiasis
      • Typhoid Fever
      • Varicella-Zoster Virus and Herpes Zoster
      • Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
      • Vitamin A Deficiency
      • Yaws
      • Yellow Fever
    • Appendix A: Treatment Table
    • Appendix B: Weight-for-Height Tables
    • Appendix C: Instructions for Using the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Assessment
    • Index
    • CHILD MID-UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE MEASUREMENT
    • MUAC Strip - Front
    • MUAC Strip - Back
  • Back Cover

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