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Signs & Symptoms
IN PEDIATRICS
2ND EDITION
Editors
Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP
Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP
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Completely updated and revised, this new edition helps you effectively evaluate patient
presentation and guides you through the diagnostic decision-making process for a host of
issues affecting children, from common infections to rare disorders to emerging mental
health problems.
This convenient handbook outlines the key signs and symptoms associated with more
than 80 diagnostic challenges. It includes more than 160 images to complement this
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concise text.
Chapters include
• Abdominal Pain • Medically Unexplained Symptoms
• Anxiety and Trauma-Related Distress • Petechiae and Purpura
• Diarrhea and Steatorrhea • Red Eye/Pink Eye
• Facial Dysmorphism • Stridor
• Fever of Unknown Origin • Vomiting
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• Headache • And more!
Each chapter begins with contextual information on areas like pathophysiology and
epidemiology and provides a guide to the history, physical examination, and laboratory
and imaging studies that generate an appropriate diagnosis. Next are approaches to initial
management and suggestions about when to refer or admit.
Signs and Symptoms in Pediatrics, 2nd Edition, is an ideal resource for pediatricians,
family physicians, residents, residency program directors, pediatric nurse practitioners,
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physician assistants, medical students, and nurses.
For other pediatric resources, visit the American Academy of Pediatrics
at aap.org/shopaap.
Editors
Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP
Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP
, American Academy of Pediatrics
Signs & Symptoms
I N PE D I AT R I C S
2nd Edition
Editors
Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP
Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP