Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Annual, pocket-sized quick reference to the selection and use of antimicrobial drugs in children. For clinicians, students, and residents. Trim size: 7 x 4.5 inches. Landscape, tabular format. Softcover.

Nelson's Pocket Book Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy, 2000-2001

John D. Nelson

John S. Bradley

Medical Books

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

Current Therapy in Pediatric Infectious Disease

Mosby Elsevier Health Science

Foundation Engineering for Expansive Soils

Geoff K. Chao

Daniel D. Overton

wiley

Current Therapy in Pediatric Infectious Disease (Current Therapy Series)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mosby-Year Book

Review Nelson’s Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy provides updated information on the current treatments options for infectious diseases that affect children, with prescribing recommendations presented in a “user-friendly” tabular format. It includes the newest drugs available, the recommendations for its use and the dosing regimens. There is a section focused on antibiotic therapy for neonates according to the various typical neonatal infectious conditions, and the use of antimicrobial agents during breastfeeding and pregnancy. This section also includes a table with neonatal dosing of antimicrobials and another with doses according to gestational and postnatal ages. The section on antimicrobial therapy according to clinical syndromes provides the preferred antimicrobial therapy for infections in the different organs and systems of the economy, including recommended agents and dosing, with additional comments related to ancillary therapy or alternative agents. There are 4 sections listing the preferred antimicrobial therapy for bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens, including the drug of choice and alternative agents. The pocket-book also includes sections on the use of antimicrobials in specific clinical scenarios, such as serious infections, renal failure, and sequential antibiotic therapy. Finally, adverse reactions and interactions of drugs are addressed in the last 2 sections of the book Features: - Pocket book, easy to handle reference tool for busy practitioners in hospital wards and crowded clinics - looking for expedite resolutions of therapeutic problems when caring for children with infectious diseases - The alphabetical listing of antimicrobial drugs (including generic and trade names, route of administration, dosage and dose interval) The index of diseases is very useful for rapid consultation at the bedside or the office. - Updates 2006

Nelson's Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy, 2006-2007 Latest Edition!

AWWE

New edition
The new, updated edition of the book will include current information (as of November/December 2007) on anti-infective agents: antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, antimycobacterial drugs, and pathogen-specific immune globulin/monoclonal antibody products.
Based on the new recommended and available data on treatment options, there is a new chapter specifically on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, a prominent new pediatric pathogen that has spread dramatically since the 2006-7 edition of Nelson’s Pocket Book was written.
The book will also include bibliography of journal publications, reviews, and texts that were used to establish evidence-based recommendations on the agents most likely to be effective. The references will be available in the PDA version, and will be posted on the NelsonsPocketBook.com website.
Main sections:
* Antibiotic therapy for neonates
* Antimicrobial therapies for clinical syndromes
* Preferred antimicrobial for bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens, including the drug of choice and alternative agents
* Use of antimicrobials in specific clinical scenarios, such as serious infections, renal failure, and sequential antibiotic therapy
* Adverse reactions and interactions of drugs

2008-2009 Nelson's Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy

EMERITUS

Medicine

AWWE (Alliance for World Wide Editing)

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