Gellis and Kagan's Current Pediatric Therapy (Current Therapy)

The New Edition of this popular resource presents the most recent advances in the therapeutic care of infants, children, and adolescents in all areas of pediatrics (including medical therapy, surgery of all types, preventive medicine, adolescent gynecology, and behavioral issues). Readers will benefit from succinct essays on proper treatment for a wide of disorders, rationales to support suggested therapies, guidelines as to when not to treat a presenting symptom, and the associated risks and complications of therapy.

• Offers a new section on fluids and electrolytes, providing direct guidance in this critical area.
• Features a new co-editor-Anne Gershon-a leading expert in infectious disease.
• Includes more psychological and psychosocial material than ever before, including depression, psychosis, children of divorced parents, coping with the death of a loved one, children of homeless and battered women, and diet fads.
• Features 80-90% all-new material, so readers can feel confident they are providing state-of-the-art care.