American Academy of Pediatrics

The extensively updated Neonatal Resuscitation Program materials represent a shift in approach to the education process, eliminating the slide and lecture format and emphasising a hands-on, interactive, simulation-based learning environment. The sixth edition textbook and accompanying DVD reflects the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Heart Association Guidelines for Neonatal Resuscitation. Content updates include: Changes in the NRP' Algorithm Elimination of Evaluation of Amniotic Fluid in Initial Rapid Assessment Use of Supplemental Oxygen During Neonatal Resuscitation Use of Pulse Oximetry

Includes AAP clinical practice guidelines, policy statements and clinical and technical reports. This resource features reference tools that include patient education handouts. It also covers the bronchiolitis guideline.

A resource for primary care of children and adolescents. This work provides coverage of prevention, screening, consultation, legal and environmental issues, as well as the pathophysiology and treatment of disease.

Clinical practice guidelines have long provided physicians with a scientific-based decision-making tool for managing common pediatric conditions. Policy statements issued and endorsed by the AAP are designed to be quick reference for the AAP position on child health care issues. Updated for 2005, this comprehensive book and CD-ROM resource gives you easy access to important clinical and policy information. The book includes complete AAP clinical practice guidelines; current policy statements and clinical and technical reports. The CD-ROM builds on the content of the book by including full-text versions of all AAP policy statements and complete clinical practice guidelines including endorsed guidelines and policies.

Incorporating content from the AAP 2003 Red Book and color images from the Visual Red Book on CD-ROM, this new guide helps out-of-home caregivers prevent, identify, and respond to the most common childhood infectious diseases.

This updated and expanded new edition presents the latest policies and practice guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in a single reference. Designed to guide community hospital and medical center professionals involved in the care of pregnant women and their fetuses and neonates, the easy-to-use text offers a variety of information to enhance the coordination of perinatal care and services. New and reorganized material included in the 5th Edition New chapter specifically focused on neonates New information on vaginal birth after cesarean delivery, HIV, newborn hearing screening, breastfeeding, and other current topics Maternal postpartum care now combined with intrapartum careon Maternal and newborn nutrition now treated in separate chapters

This paperback and CD-ROM package combines the Academy's Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policy Reference Guide to provide a comprehensive resource that enables physicians to make evidence-based decisions for managing common paediatric conditions.

This resource is designed for physicians interested in reducing antibiotic use without compromizing patient care. It features six articles which examine scientific studies on reducing antibiotic overuse. Topics include antibiotic prescribing for children with colds and bronchitis.

This guide has been developed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and is designed for use by all personnel involved in the care of pregnant women, their foetuses, and their neonates.

Refer to the Red Book." That's been the watchword for generations of healthcare professionals seeking trustworthy guidance on pediatric infectious disease prevention, management, and control. Now the 32nd edition continues this tradition of excellence with the latest clinical guidance on manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of more than 200 childhood infectious diseases. The 32nd edition provides evidence-based guidance on pediatric infections and vaccinations based on the recommendations of the committee as well as the combined expertise of the CDC, the FDA and hundreds of contributors. Red Book is an indispensable reference for pediatricians and pediatric infectious disease specialists and is useful for family medicine and emergency medicine physicians, as well. Public health and school health professionals, medical residents, and students also will find it a high-yield source of pediatric infectious disease and vaccine information. New in the 2021 Red Book: All chapters were assessed for relevance in the dynamic environment that is the practice of medicine today, and every chapter has been modified. Two chapters have been added to the 2021 edition: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections and a new "System-Based Treatment" table designed to aid in initial antibiotic selections by clinical conditions. Standardized approaches to disease prevention through immunizations, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and infection-control practices have been updated throughout the Red Book References to evidence-based policy recommendations have been updated throughout the Red Book. Appropriate chapters throughout the Red Book have been updated to be consistent with 2021 AAP and CDC vaccine recommendations for immunization of health care personnel, and drug recommendations from 2021 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy.