Bookedited by Melissa G. Cossey, Lauren K. Gambill
Summary: "This educational guide provides a much-needed subspeciality-specific learning resource for pediatric hospital medicine. Featuring 50 of the most commonly presenting topics encountered by pediatric hospitalists, this book brings readers into the morning meeting and walks them through patient presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and resolution, providing realistic examples in an engaging case-based format. This book is designed to supplement the educational experience of trainees during their inpatient pediatrics rotation, and its versatility allows it to be used as an educational guide to lead learning sessions or as an individual resource or study guide. Each chapter dives into an individual case that is titled with a fictitious patient name, often related to the case topic, which provides a helpful memory tool for learners. Each case includes a Documentation Tips section, designed to ensure accurate and clear communication across the interdisciplinary team that cares for hospitalized children, as well as Clinical Pearls summarizing the main chapter take-aways. Back to Basics boxes are included in cases as needed, to serve as a refresher of examination techniques, laboratory test result analysis, or other foundational information related to the cases. In addition, Health Equity Focus boxes related to social determinants of health are featured throughout the book to help clinicians recognize and address potential inequities in care"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Emma, a 16-month-old girl with vomiting and diarrhea
Anita, a 4-month-old girl with respiratory distress
Baby girl smith, a newborn with respiratory distress
Parker, a 3-year-old boy with difficulty breathing
John, a 4-day-old boy with hyperbilirubinemia
Isaiah, an 8-year-old boy with shortness of breath
Rose, a 3-week-old girl with fever
Austin, an 8-month-old boy with fever and vomiting
Holly, a 5-year-old girl with fever, vomiting, and thigh swelling
Ilyas, a 6-year-old boy with acute abdominal pain
Judah, a 2-year-old boy with buttock pain and redness
Maryam, a 4-year-old girl with fever and cough
Freddy, a 9-week-old boy with an episode of decreased responsiveness
Brian, a 2-year-old boy with fussiness and fever
Liam, a 6-week-old boy with poor weight gain
Simon, a 15-month-old boy with abnormal movements and fever
Polly, a 16-year-old girl with fever, abdominal pain, and vomiting
Payton, a 14-year-old boy with throat pain and fever
Ida, a 15-month-old girl with pallor and fatigue
Jenny, a 14-year-old girl with a severe headache
Katelyn, a 4-year-old girl with fever and neck swelling
Taj, a 12-year-old boy with hyperglycemia
Finn, a 2-year-old boy with fever and leg pain
Aubree, a 15-year-old girl with recurrent abdominal pain
Andy, a 9-year-old boy with respiratory distress and vomiting
Janice, an 11-year-old girl with prolonged menses
Amaia, a 16-year-old girl with hematemesis
Chandler, a 7-year-old boy with eye swelling
Philip, a 7-year-old boy with intermittent abdominal pain
Alex, a 9-year-old boy with edema and hematuria
Ella, an 8-year-old girl with 2 weeks of fever
Maria, a 15-year-old girl with lower extremity weakness
Juan, a 16-year-old with shoulder pain
Bernard, a 15-year-old boy with abdominal pain and diarrhea
Ricky, a 3-year-old boy with shaking
Alberto, a 7-year-old boy with edema
Reese, a 12-year-old girl with weight loss
Lily, a 6-month-old girl with fever and lethargy
Isla, a 15-month-old girl with fever and rash
Rena, a 14-year-old girl with abdominal pain and vomiting
Malik, a 2-year-old boy with pneumonia and persistent fever
Flora, an 8-year-old girl with worsening epigastric pain and emesis
Scott, a 3-year-old boy with bloody diarrhea and decreased urination
Lucy, a 16-year-old girl with altered mental status
Sam, a 10-month-old boy with hypoglycemia
Makayla, a 16-year-old girl with fever and blurry vision
Olive, a 4-month-old girl with lethargy and hyponatremia
Aria, a 16-year-old girl with headache and confusion
Tomás, a 17-month-old boy with worsening respiratory status
Anna, an 11-year-old girl with medical complexity, fever, increased secretions, and increased seizure frequency.